Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Raytheon awarded $2.4 billion contract to provide the State of Qatar with Patriot Air and Missile Defense System

Patriot PAC-3Raytheon Company has received a $2.4 billion Foreign Military Sales contract for new-production fire units of the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for the State of Qatar.

Qatar, a new Patriot customer, now brings the total number of global Patriot customers to 13.

The acquisition is part of an Armed Services modernization and recapitalization effort announced by Qatar in March of this year. The contract includes the latest Patriot fire units featuring increased computing power and radar processing efficiency, improved man-machine interface and reduced life-cycle costs.

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