Arizona Star May 16, 2009
The U.S. Navy has awarded $260 million in additional work on a ship weapons system to Raytheon Missile Systems.
Sixteen percent of the work will be performed in Tucson. The rest will be divided between other Raytheon Co. sites in eight states.
Under changes to a previous contract, the company will perform upgrades and other work on the MK15 Phalanx Close-In Weapon System.
The Phalanx CIWS is a multibarreled machine gun installed on ships. It destroys high-speed missiles after they have penetrated a ship’s other defenses.
The weapon system is used on 187 Navy ships and in 20 foreign navies. The Defense Department said it also has been sent to Iraq when configured on low-boy trailers with self-contained diesel electric power and cooling water.
The work is to be done by September 2012
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