Raytheon wins $112.9M production order for AMRAAM

Raytheon Company has received its first production award in the amount of $112.9 million for the AIM-120D configuration of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM).

This contract supplements the Lot 20A effort awarded in February 2006 and, in addition to funding AIM-120C7 missiles, it also includes the first production deliveries of AIM-120D missiles from December 2007 through January 2009. The two Lot 20 contracts combined total $168 million. Production and delivery will support the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army. Contract work will be done primarily at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Ariz.

AIM-120D is an enhanced capability missile that includes enhanced data link, improved kinematics and GPS Inertial Measurement Unit capability, developed to meet the changing technology and battlespace requirements of the warfighter.

Raytheon is the sole provider of the AMRAAM family of precision-guided missiles. AMRAAM is the most carried air-to-air missile in the U.S. arsenal. Deployed in 32 countries, AMRAAM continues to set the standard for air dominance.

To learn more about Raytheon's plant in Tucson, Ariz., read the Reliable Plant cover story "Greatness is Raytheon's target":

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