Raytheon contracted for AMRAAM platform integration

WASHINGTON, June 21 (UPI) -- Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $28 million U.S. Air Force contract modification for integration of the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile, or AMRAAM, onto various Air Force and Navy aircraft platforms.

The contract involves facilitating several new task orders for integration onto the F-16 Block 30, the F-35, the F-15 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, the F-16 Active Electronically Scanned Array, the AMRAAM Real Time Integration Simulator and multiple F/A-18 configurations.

Work is expected to be completed by January 2020, with work being done in Texas, Florida, Utah, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Missouri, Washington, Maryland and Arizona.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is the contracting activity.