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Pentagon awards Raytheon record multi-year contract to ramp up AMRAAM production

Leading the AMRAAM production ramp

Raytheon will build AIM-120 AMRAAM missiles at record rates under a five-year contract worth up to $20.7 billion, with two option years. The deal targets 1,900 missiles per year for the US Air Force, Navy, and 16 allied countries.

Updated 1 hour ago

A rocket-motor factory rises in rural Florida—and the U.S. is racing to unchoke missile production

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Positioning Raytheon to lock in propulsion supply as missile demand rises.

Parsons just landed a task order worth more than $100 million to help Nammo design and manage construction of a new rocket-motor manufacturing facility in Perry, Florida. That sounds like a normal contract win—until you remember rocket motors are one of the parts the U.S. keeps running short of when wars drag on.

Updated May 15

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We continue to make significant investments in our workforce, technology, supply chain and facilities to rapidly scale production capacity and meet surging demand.

from Pentagon awards Raytheon record multi-year contract to ramp up AMRAAM production · Updated 1 hour ago

"This project brings critical capacity and capability in solid rocket motor manufacturing" — Phil Jasper, Raytheon (May 2024).

from A rocket-motor factory rises in rural Florida—and the U.S. is racing to unchoke missile production · Updated May 15