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U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $159 Million for Phalanx CIWS Production.
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Phalanx Close-In Weapon System Picture: Raytheon |
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"Phalanx
provides the U.S. Navy's ships with a 'last-chance' defense against anti-ship
missiles and littoral warfare threats while SeaRAM extends that inner-layer
battlespace," said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon's Naval
and Area Mission Defense product line. "Close-in systems give warfighters
the ability to automatically carry out functions usually performed by
separate systems on other ships." Work under the contract, which was signed in the third quarter of 2015, is expected to be completed by August 2018 in Louisville, Kentucky. This contract was announced by the Department of Defense on September, 30, 2015. Close-in Defense Solutions Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar and 20 mm gun system that automatically acquires, tracks and destroys enemy threats that have penetrated all other ship defense systems. More than 890 systems have been built and deployed in navies around the world. Intended to enlarge Phalanx's keep-out range against evolving anti-ship missiles, rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and other threats, SeaRAM Anti-ship Missile Defense Systems use advanced Phalanx Block 1B sensors and replaces the gun with an 11-round Rolling Airframe Missile guide. SeaRAM is aboard the Independence-class of the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ships. |
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