FAA awards Raytheon radar contract

The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Raytheon a contract with an estimated potential value of $185m for Long Range Radar Service Life Extension programme.

The US Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Raytheon a contract with an estimated potential value of $185m for Long Range Radar Service Life Extension programme (SLEP).

 

Under the contract, Raytheon will manufacture, test and deploy up to 68 solid-state transmitter systems to replace aging tube-based transmitters in long-range surveillance radars. These radars provide continuous primary surveillance of aircraft in the National Airspace System.

 

The initial contract authorisation for $32m includes manufacturing, testing and delivering four low rate initial production, solid-state transmitters and associated hardware, software and interfaces.

 

The programme originates from a memorandum of understanding among the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and Department of Transportation to extend the life of the existing long-range surveillance radars and provide improved reliability, maintainability and availability.