Raytheon Receives F-18 Electronic Warfare Contract

Raytheon Company, Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, California, is being awarded a $77,267,880 contract modification to exercise an option for 89 full rate production Lot 14 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, and nine countermeasure signal processor weapons replacement assemblies. The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and friendly emitters. It also controls the electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.