The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon a contract modification worth as much as $500 million for continued research and development on the Sea-Based X-Band radar and the Army Navy / Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2, according to a Sept. 23 contract announcement.
Both projects are mobile, X-band radars designed to provide or supplement ballistic missile defense. The Army Navy / Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 is land-based and can be deployed in a forward-based mode or as part of a stationary ballistic missile defense system. According to the Missile Defense Agency, the radar can be transported via aircraft, truck, ship or rail.
The Sea-Based X-Band is located on a self-propelled vessel, which allows it to be moved for testing or to provide advanced missile detection in a place where no radar exists.
The Missile Defense Agency initially awarded Raytheon $371.2 million for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract in November 2017 for continued product improvement, war fighter support, engineering services, cybersecurity and test, modeling and simulation support.. The Sept. 23 modification raises that contract’s ceiling to $962.1 million. The deal runs through Oct. 31, 2022, with a one-year option.
Nathan Strout covers space, unmanned and intelligence systems for C4ISRNET.
