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Raytheon Wins Engineering Contract to Support Israel Patriot Missile Batteries

© AFP 2023 / GIL COHEN-MAGEN Israeli soldiers walk near an Israeli Irone Dome defence system (L), a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the MIM-104 Patriot (C), and an anti-ballistic missile the Arrow 3 (R) during Juniper Cobra's joint exercise press briefing at Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base in central Israel, on February 25, 2016. Juniper Cobra, is held every two years where Israel and the United States train their militaries together to prepare against possible ballistic missile attacks, as well as allowing the armies to learn to better work together.
Israeli soldiers walk near an Israeli Irone Dome defence system (L), a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, the MIM-104 Patriot (C), and an anti-ballistic missile the Arrow 3 (R) during Juniper Cobra's joint exercise press briefing at Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base in central Israel, on February 25, 2016. Juniper Cobra, is held every two years where Israel and the United States train their militaries together to prepare against possible ballistic missile attacks, as well as allowing the armies to learn to better work together. - Sputnik International
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The Department of Defense said that Raytheon was awarded nearly $17 million to provide engineering services for Israel’s Patriot anti-missile and air defense batteries.

Trade visitors stand in front of a Raytheon booth during the Singapore Air Show. (File) - Sputnik International
Raytheon to Provide Technical Support for Anti-Missile to Navy, Foreign Nations
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US defense giant Raytheon won nearly $17 million to provide engineering services for Israel’s Patriot anti-missile and air defense batteries, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

"Raytheon [of] Andover, Massachusetts was awarded a $16,978,580… (Israel) contract for engineering services for the PATRIOT weapon system supporting US and foreign military sales customers," the release stated on Wednesday.

Work on the contract will be carried out in Andover, Burlington and Tewksbury in Massachusetts; El Segundo, California; El Paso, Texas; Huntsville, Alabama and White Sands, New Mexico over the next 15 months with an estimated completion date of October. 31, 2018, the release said.

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