According to the Department of Defense (DoD), the contractor was awarded a $14,126,636 modification for the fixed price portion of a previously awarded contract (N6238715C5301) to exercise the third one-year option period for the operation and maintenance of five roll-on/roll-off and container ships.

This contract includes a 12-month base period and four 12-month option periods, which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $137,812,218. Work for this option period will be performed at sea worldwide, and is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2019.

The U.S. Army has awarded Raytheon Company a more than $1.5 billion contract for production of Poland's Patriot™ Integrated Air and Missile Defense System including spare parts, support and training.

"Patriot will enhance Polish, European and NATO security while creating jobs in Poland and the US," said Tom Laliberty, vice president of Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business.