Raytheon wins five-year, $20.9M Navy radar contract

Seaman Recruit Chilo Espinoza, mineman, works at the radar station in the Command Information Center of the mine counter-measures ship USS Defender. Defender is participating in exercise Clear Horizon, an annual exercise conducted with the Republic of Korea navy, that is one of the largest, international, mine counter-measures exercises in the world. USS Guardian, USS Patriot, CH-53 mine-hunting helicopters from Helicopter Mine Counter-Measures Squadron 14, and several minesweepers from the Republic of Korea navy are also participating in the exercise, which takes place, Nov. 22 to Nov. 26. Defender, home ported in San Diego, is deployed to the 7th Fleet area of responsibility.

Raytheon has been been awarded a $20.9 million Navy contract to maintain an over-the-horizon radar system.

Under the five-year contract, Raytheon will provide operations and maintenance for the relocatable over-the horizon radar system in support of the U.S. Navy Forces Surveillance Support Center, Chesapeake, Virginia, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract includes one base year and four one-year options.