Raytheon Awarded $182.3 Million to Manufacture NASAMS System for
Ukraine
- Our Bureau
- 04:27 AM, August 27, 2022
Raytheon Company was
awarded a $182,295,333 contract for the procurement of National Advanced
Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAM) for Ukraine.
Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion
date of Aug. 23, 2024. Fiscal 2022 Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds
in the amount of $182,295,333 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S.
Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting
activity.
The U.S. announced the donation of six NASAM batteries to Ukraine on August 24
to add to the two committed as part of Washington's security assistance. In
addition, munitions for the NASAMS will be delivered as part of a separate aid
package.
However, so far none of the NASAMS committed to Ukraine have been delivered.
The advanced air defense systems are expected to be a game changer for Ukraine
in that they will be able to track and destroy Russian fighter aircraft and
missiles which currently dominate the skies over Ukraine.
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