Raytheon Wins $515M Navy Radar Contract, Plans SPY-6 Output Double by 2028
RTX•Raytheon, an RTX business, secured a $515 million U.S. Navy contract to integrate and support SPY-6(V)4 radars on Flight IIA destroyers and upgrade existing vessels. Backed by an $800 million facility modernization, production capacity is set to double by 2028 as SPY-6 deployment expands to over 50 ships.
1. Contract Award
Raytheon received a $515 million sole-source award from the U.S. Navy to provide integration and test support for the SPY-6 family of radars, specifically upgrading Flight IIA destroyers with the SPY-6(V)4 variant.
2. Production Modernization
An $800 million investment is modernizing the Andover, Massachusetts radar facility, enabling accelerated automation and expanding capacity to double SPY-6 output by 2028.
3. Installation and Deployment
SPY-6 is already installed on two commissioned vessels and 11 others in testing, with plans to field the radar on over 50 Navy ships over the next decade to bolster multi-mission threat detection.
4. Foreign Sales and Workforce Expansion
The contract covers U.S. Navy and German needs under the Foreign Military Sales program, and Raytheon is actively hiring engineers to support this critical radar production ramp-up.
