KBRwyle receives Patriot support contract
KBRwyle has received a $133 million task order from the US Army's Lower Tier Project Office to provide technical and engineering services to the Patriot missile system, KBR announced on 9 July.
Under the order, KBRwyle will provide engineering and technical analysis support to the Patriot missile system as well as adjunct systems. This will include all engineering changes; modification retrofits; technical upgrades; reliability, availability and maintainability improvements and training development for the US and its allies.
The task order period is five years with a six-month extension option.
Patriot is an air and missile defence system designed to intercept short and medium-range tactical ballistic missiles, and air-breathing threats such as fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, cruise missiles and UAS.
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