Raytheon Awarded $6 M for Patriot Engineering Services

• This contract modification signifies the continued commitment by the U.S. government to ensure that Patriot systems are at the highest level of readiness

(Tewksbury, Mass., November 4, 2009) -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $5.8 million contract modification for engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system.

This is the eighth modification to the $128 million contract awarded in January 2009 by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala. A previous contract modification for $8.1 million was awarded in August 2009.


The contract calls for Raytheon to provide systems analysis, software and hardware engineering, testing and logistics support.

"This contract modification signifies the continued commitment by the U.S. government to ensure that Patriot systems are at the highest level of readiness," said Sanjay Kapoor, vice president for Patriot Programs at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). "Raytheon is continually improving Patriot to deliver the most advanced capabilities to the U.S. Army and our 11 international partners."

Source : Raytheon Corporation (NYSE: RTN)