This is the third and final option included in a contract, originally awarded in December 2001. As a result of this contract modification, the total amount obligated by the U.S. Navy to this contract increases to $612.4 million. Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will provide one ship set of hardware for each DDG, comprising a SPY-1D(V) transmitter, three FCS Mk99 transmitters, and shipboard spares.

The SPY-1D(V) transmitter is an S-band, multifunction, phased-array shipboard radar that acquires and tracks multiple targets in littoral environments. The FCS Mk99 is an X-band continuous wave illuminator that provides uplink and rear reference for the standard and extended Seasparrow missiles. The work will be performed in Sudbury and Andover, Mass., and in Portsmouth, R.I.

Aegis production will continue at Raytheon through June 2008. The company has been supplying the Aegis equipment since 1978. To date, 27 transmitter sets have been shipped for the CG47 Ticonderoga Class cruisers and 53 transmitter sets have been shipped for the DDG-51 Arleigh Burke Class destroyers. Additionally, five sets of transmitters have been shipped for the Japanese Navy Kongo class and four sets for the Spanish Navy F100 class vessels.

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