Last Updated: 02/07/2011*

Raytheon is celebrating an important contract award that will enhance its heritage of providing affordable radar solutions in all domains. The company received $107 million to develop the preliminary design for the U.S. Air Force Space Fence system. This Phase II award is a follow-up to the $30 million Phase A to System Design contract Raytheon received in July 2009.

The work performed during this phase of the program will continue to reduce total program risk through the development of a preliminary system design with mature technologies that meet or exceed Technology Readiness Level 6 and Manufacturing Readiness Level 6. In addition, a functional radar prototype, with hardware and software components representative of the technology in the final design, will demonstrate the maturity of these critical technologies.

The Space Fence program is a multiphase acquisition leading to the delivery of up to three globally positioned S-band radars capable of interoperation with the Space Surveillance Network. The system will provide the Air Force enhanced space surveillance capability to detect and report space objects. Also, it will ensure there is no gap in capability as the current systems in the network reach the end of their life spans.

Raytheon’s Radar Heritage
Raytheon is at the leading edge of radar technology. The company leverages more than 70 years’ heritage to develop, produce and deliver many of the world’s most innovative, capable and reliable radar solutions. These solutions deliver actionable intelligence, surveillance and critical information affordably to customers in all domains.

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