Raytheon wins $16m support contract

has been awarded a $16m contract from

to provide engineering, technical management services and fleet support for

weapons systems.

The contract continues the whole life services and support partnership between Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) and the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Keyport, which began in 1979.

Under the contract, IDS will provide NUWC Division Keyport integrated logistics support, in-service engineering services and technical support for US Navy surface ship and submarine combat and weapon systems. This includes submarine sonar, weapon control, fires control, tactical support, training systems, integrated undersea warfare systems, targets, torpedoes and assigned surface and warfare systems.

The contract was awarded under the Naval Sea Systems Command SeaPort-e Multiple Award Contract vehicle and consists of the current base year award and four one-year exercisable options. Work will be performed at IDS' Torpedo and Readiness Center in Washington.