Raytheon to help improve Mk31 RAM
Raytheon is providing design agent and engineering support services to help improve the Mk31 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Guided Missile Weapon System, under a $60.5 million contract modification from US Naval Sea Systems Command.
The Mk31 RAM is a joint development and production programme between the US and Germany, conducted under various MoUs.
Under the latest modification, Raytheon is required to maintain the capability of the current Mk31 system as well as resolve issues through design, systems, software maintenance, reliability, maintainability, quality assurance and logistics engineering services.
Work will be carried out in Tucson, Arizona (99%) and Louisville, Kentucky (1%), for completion by December 2021.
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