Raytheon Missiles & Defense, based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $52 million contract modification by the U.S. Navy for production of the AN/SPY-6(V) family of radars, the Pentagon announced this week.
The fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract option was issued under contract number N00024-22-C-5500.
According to the Department of Defense, the funds come from Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion accounts and will be obligated at the time of the award. The Navy said the funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., is overseeing the contract. Work will be distributed across several states, with major contributions in Andover, Massachusetts (31 percent); San Diego, California (9 percent); Sykesville, Maryland (9 percent); Scottsdale, Arizona (8 percent); and Syracuse, New York (5 percent). Additional work will be performed in Cerritos, California; Stafford Springs, Connecticut; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Indianapolis, Indiana; Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Riverside, California; and other locations across the United States. The project is scheduled for completion by September 2029.
The AN/SPY-6 radar family, developed by Raytheon, a business of RTX Corporation, is the U.S. Navy’s next-generation S-band radar system. Designed with a modular architecture, the radar is built from Radar Modular Assemblies—self-contained 2x2x2-foot units that function like scalable building blocks. This approach allows the system to be adapted across a wide variety of surface platforms, from aircraft carriers and destroyers to amphibious ships.
According to the Navy, the system employs Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology with Gallium Nitride (GaN) semiconductors, providing higher power density and increased reliability. The radars integrate with the AEGIS combat system, enabling advanced air and missile defense against a range of evolving threats.
Raytheon says the SPY-6 radar family offers improved detection range, greater sensitivity, and enhanced discrimination of targets compared to legacy systems. The company describes the system as capable of defending against ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, unmanned aerial systems, and aircraft simultaneously.
The SPY-6 is already being integrated on the Arleigh Burke-class Flight III destroyers and is slated for deployment on aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.