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Raytheon awarded contract for SM-6 Block IA production

Value USD 333 million; the SM-6 missile is three missiles in one; completion by 2027

Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $333 million contract from the US Navy to produce Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) Block IA missiles.

Deployed on US Navy ships, SM-6 delivers a proven, over-the-horizon offensive and defensive capability by leveraging the time-tested Standard Missile airframe and propulsion system. It's the only missile that supports anti-air and anti-surface warfare and sea-based terminal ballistic missile defense in one solution, enabling the US and its allies to cost-effectively increase the offensive might of surface forces.

SM-6 has been successfully fired from various US Navy ships, unmanned vessels, and launchers on land. In March 2024, SM-6 demonstrated its anti-missile capabilities by successfully intercepting a medium-range ballistic missile target at sea during the Flight Test Aegis Weapon System (FTM)-32 exercise.

Production under this contract will be completed at Raytheon facilities in Tucson, Ariz., Huntsville, Ala., Andover, Mass., and Dine, N.M. with expected completion by 2027.

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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
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