Raytheon wins $11.4M antenna development contract

US marines stand next to a satellite antennae aboard their amphibious assault vehicle during the amphibious assault simulation by Philippine and US marines of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa Japan, as part of the 12-day US and Philippine annual joint naval exercise dubbed “Phiblex” along the coast facing south China sea in San Antonio town, Zambales province on October 5, 2014. Thousands of Philippine and US marines on September 29 began military exercises close to flashpoints in the South China Sea, where Beijing is involved in bitter territorial disputes with its neighbours. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)

Raytheon has been awarded an $11.4 million contract modification to develop new antennae.

Under the contract option, Raytheon will provide “engineering development model build and test for the cooperative engagement capability (CEC) common array block family of antennae,” according to a Department of Defense contract announcement. “CEC is a sensor netting system that significantly improves battle force anti-air warfare capability by extracting and distributing sensor-derived information such that the superset of this data is available to all participating CEC units.”

The work is scheduled to be completed by August 2017.