Raytheon lands largest AMRAAM contract ever
Peter Felsted
US defense contractor Raytheon Technologies announced on June 20 that the company had secured a $1.15 billion (EUR 1.05 billion) order for AIM-120 D-3 and C-8 Advanced Medium-Range Air- to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs).
According to the company, this is the largest order to date for AMRAAM missiles and the fifth production batch of these missiles, which were developed as part of the Form, Fit, Function Refresh (F3R), which updates both the missile's hardware and software -Upgrades allowed.
The contract will not only supply missiles for the US Air Force and US Navy, but also AMRAAM upgrades and/or spare parts to 18 allied countries, including Ukraine, under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) process. . According to the US Department of Defense, this accounts for around 39 percent of the order value.
As part of the F3R program, engineers used model-based systems development initiatives and other digital technologies to upgrade multiple circuit boards and other hardware in the missile's guidance section and to rebuild legacy software in the AIM-120 D-3 and AIM-120 C-8 AMRAAMs.
The FMS recipients of AMRAAMs under this contract are Bahrain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine and the UK.
The Air Dominance Division Contract Office at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. is the contractor for this production lot (Lot 37) with work scheduled to be performed at the Raytheon manufacturing facility in Tucson, Arizona.
Peter Felsted
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