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Raytheon has been awarded a $30.3 million contract modification for Navy radar antennae.

The company is building planar array radar array antenna assemblies with radar-absorbing material as part of the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) transmission processing sets, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract comprises a 64 percent portion for the U.S. Navy, and 36 percent for Japan under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The work is scheduled to be completed by February 2018.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.