MDA selects Raytheon to deliver SM-3s under $523 million contract
NewsAugust 05, 2016
TUCSON, Ariz. Raytheon will produce, test, and deliver 47 Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IB interceptors to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) under a $523 million contract option for operational testing and deployment of the SM-3s.
The contract option falls under a $2,351,177,872 contract for standard missiles awarded to the company in 2015. Work will be performed at Raytheon's Space Factory in Tucson, Arizona. Integration will take place in Huntsville, Alabama
Read more on missile defense:
U.S. and Spanish Navy collaborate to complete Aegis Weapon System test
Long Range Anti-Ship Missile completes third flight test
Kuwait upgrades its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
