United States, March 4 -- Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, is awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the BladeRunner program. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 24-month period of performance, is $26,842,534. This contract provides for the integration of ultra-wideband, low-latency processing housed in a standardized 6U VPX form-factor with a multi-beam, multi-polarization phased array and system controller to create a system prototype. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (48.2%); Tewksbury, Massachusetts (44.3%); and Arlington, Virginia (7.5%). Work is expected to be completed in February 2028. Fiscal 2025 and 2026 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amounts of $450,000 and ...