Raytheon Company has been awarded a US Navy contract worth $84.7 million for continued production of ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning receivers.
The Raytheon system is the US Navy standard for digital radar warning receiver technology, made for installation on all frontline, carrier-based F/A-18 E/F tactical aircraft and an integral part of modernization programs for US and international customers.
The contract was awarded by the US Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland.
"This technology is fully integrated with all avionics equipment on the Super Hornet. Warfighters need its advanced functionality to support increasingly complex combat operations," said Scott Jackson, general manager of Raytheon's electronic warfare systems product line.
"The ALR-67(V)3 improves aircrew survivability by providing immediate and accurate situational awareness of the threat environment."
Deliveries are expected to begin in January 2013 with production scheduled at Raytheon facilities in Forest, Mississippi. and McKinney, Texas.
Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world, supplying state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services.
