Raytheon Wins $363M Contract for Radars from US DoD

Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass., is being awarded a sole-source letter contract, with a not-to-exceed value of $363,900,000, as an undefinitized contract action to provide two AN/TPY-2 radars. Work will be performed in Woburn, Mass. The period of performance is Dec. 30, 2011 through March 30, 2015. Procurement funds in the amount of $363,900,000 will be used to fund this effort. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity. The Missile Defense Agency is awarding Raytheon Company a contract to provide two AN/TPY-2 radars to the U.S. Army as the radar component to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system. The firm-fixed-price contract is for $363.9 million. "The AN/TPY-2 is the world's most advanced, mobile X-band radar," said Dave Gulla , vice president for Global Integrated Sensors at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "It serves as the radar for the THAAD System, an important component of MDA's Ballistic Missile Defense System." The AN/TPY-2 is a multi-functional radar that searches, detects, tracks and discriminates ballistic missile threats, seamlessly integrating with a variety of ballistic defense systems. In addition to supporting the U.S. Army in a terminal defense role as part of a THAAD Battery, AN/TPY-2 radars are deployed around the world providing continuous forward-based ballistic missile defense as a key component of the global Ballistic Missile Defense Architecture.