Raytheon missile plant at Redstone Arsenal on schedule despite storms, federal budget worries

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Bids Submitted for Aegis Follow-On System

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Boeing have submitted proposals to take over support and growth of a Aegis fight system, a companies pronounced Dec. 14.

Raytheon Awarded $241 Million Contract for SM-3 Block IIA

The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a $241 million contract modification for continued engineering design and development work on the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA.

U.S. Mulls Israeli Anti-Rocket System Buy

TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 2 (UPI) — The U.S. Army will decide in the next few weeks whether it will buy Israel’s Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system, developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, to protect bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Germany Lends Air-Defense Radar to Israel

TEL AVIV – Germany recently delivered a Patriot air defense radar to Israel as a cost-free loaner pending conclusion of a three- to four-year refurbishment in the United States of Israel’s own AN/MPQ-53 radars for its PAC-2 force.

Raytheon Receives Approval for $1.7 Billion Patriot Sale to Saudi Arabia

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Raytheon Company has received U.S. Congressional and State Department approvals on a $1.7 billion Direct Commercial Sales contract to upgrade the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to the latest Configuration-3.

SM-3 work for Aerojet

SACRAMENTO, Nov. 22 (UPI) — Design of a Throttling Divert and Attitude Control System for an advanced Standard Missile-3 will be completed by Aerojet of California.

Satellites Track Missile Targets

KAUAI, Hawaii, Nov. 15 (UPI) — Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration satellites tracked two different missile targets to support a flight test of the THAAD weapon system.

Missile Tracking Satellites Finish Ahead

The Missile Defense Agency’s two Space Tracking and Surveillance System satellites met the goals of their experimental mission five months ahead of schedule, announced prime contractor Northrop Grumman Wednesday.

The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Tech Column

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has enjoyed a virtual monopoly on a critical, and growing, element of the nation’s emerging missile defense system for years with its Standard Missile-3 interceptors.