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Raytheon to support SOCOM aircraft radar

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160428-N-FQ994-323 MEDITERRANEAN SEA (April 28, 2016) An MH-60S Seahawk, from the Dragon Whales of HSC-28, departs USS Porter (DDG 78) April 28, 2016. Porter, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, forward-deployed to Rota, Spain, is conducting a routine patrol in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests in Europe. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Robert S. Price/Released)

U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Raytheon a contract for additional terrain-following aircraft radar.

The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, which has a maximum value of $49.5 million, is for continued, low-rate initial production of the Silent Knight radar system, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement. Silent Knight allows SOCOM aircraft like the MC-130 and MH-60 to fly at low altitudes.

The sole-source contract is expected to be completed by October 2018.

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