Raytheon gets $260M more in weapons work - Business First of Louisville:

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The larger of the two valued at $259.9 million, calls for Tewksbury, Mass.-based Raytheon to perform Blockl 1B upgradesand conversions, system overhaulss and related supplies used on the Navy’s MK-15 Phalanxd defense system. The MK-15 Phalanx is a rapid-fire, computer-controllede radar and gun system that defends targetsefrom anti-ship missiles, as well as other close-in surfac and air threats. It uses an electronicallgy controlled 20mm six-barrel Gatling-stylee gun firing at a rate of 4,500 rounds per minute. The system is installed on 187 U.S.
combar ships and is used by 20 foreign About 30 percent of the work on this contracyt will be completedat Raytheon’s Louisvillde facility in the , the former Naval Ordnance Statiom Louisville, according to a news releases from the U.S. Department of Defense. The remaindet of the work will be performedin Mass., (19 percent); Tucson, Ariz., (16 Syracuse, N.Y., (7 percent); Long Beach, Calif., (6 percent); Va., (6 percent); Burlington, Vt., (6 Palm Bay, Fla., (2 Pittsburgh (2 percent); Bloomington, (2 percent); Salt Lake City (2 percent); Norcross, Ga., (1 and New Albany, Ind., (1 percent). It is expected to be complete d bySeptember 2012. Raytheon’s second worth $5.
8 million, calls for the company to supplu “simulated infrared/visible engagement targets engagementtsimulator kits” for the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System the release said. About 15 percentr of the work will be performed in Louisville and 5 percenrin Tucson, with the rest to be done in England. Completionn is expected by January 2011.