Raytheon Company

Raytheon Company Strategic Missile Defense Division, operating as Raytheon Co, manufactures radar systems, satellite communications terminals, fire-control electronics, and electronic components for the federal government as a prime contractor on full-and-open, non-set-aside basis, competing as a large business subsidiary of RTX Corporation.

The division's federal footprint spans four major capability areas: radar system sustainment and modernization (Mono-Pulse Surveillance Radar, Air Traffic Control Beacon Interrogator, Primary Surveillance Radar, MK-99 phased array fire-control radar); satellite communications terminals and command infrastructure (Navy Multiband Terminal, Advanced Extremely High Frequency systems, Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals); air traffic control infrastructure (National Airspace System component repair and modernization); and specialized defense electronics (circuit card assemblies, power supplies, RF/microwave components, frequency converters). Representative work spans a $452.4 million FAA Radar System Replacement qualified system list contract (December 2025) for cooperative surveillance radar and integrated non-cooperative/cooperative radar delivery through December 2030; a $547 million Navy Multiband Terminal single-award IDIQ with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command through September 2030 supporting Major Defense Acquisition Program production and sustainment; a $155.8 million MK-99 Performance Based Logistics IDIQ with Naval Supply Systems Command through November 2029 for fire-control radar system component manufacturing, repair, and modernization; a $23.5 million Army Communications Electronics Command Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) Advanced Extremely High Frequency engineering and software services contract (February 2026); and a $2.014 billion Naval Sea Systems Command AN/SPY-6(V) Family of Radars design agent engineering support contract for Foreign Military Sales (June 2025).

Customer concentration shows tension between award volume and dollar magnitude. By award count, Naval Supply Systems Command leads with 616 awards ($1.23 billion combined potential value) and the Federal Aviation Administration Headquarters with 441 awards ($3.16 billion), accounting for 60% of recent awards. By potential value, the Army Communications Electronics Command dominates at 200 awards ($17.85 billion), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command at 110 awards ($11.49 billion), and the Army PEO Command Control Communications-Tactical at 27 awards ($10.46 billion). The Air Force Electronic Systems Center places 144 awards ($8.27 billion) and the FAA Enroute Terminal Contracts venue carries 18 awards ($6.69 billion), demonstrating Raytheon's concentration in large-dollar Navy and Army programs offset by high-frequency, lower-value Naval Supply Systems Command and FAA sustainment orders. The division holds established single-award IDIQs with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command ($547 million through September 2030), Naval Supply Systems Command for MK-99 support ($155.8 million through November 2029), the Federal Aviation Administration ($15.1 million through December 2033 for surveillance radar sustainment), and the FAA for a prior $9.9 million to $4.88 million equivalent vehicle, and recently competed onto a $960 million Air Force AEHF-T IDIQ for satellite terminal production. Task order activity under the top five parent vehicles spans indefinite delivery contracts with the FAA (183 task orders, $19.3 million combined potential value under one vehicle; 150 orders, $698.8 million under a second), Naval Supply Systems Command basic ordering agreements (133 task orders, $37.4 million), the Air Force (126 task orders, $267.6 million), and Naval Supply Systems Command (122 task orders, $4.5 million).

Activity has declined year over year: 86 awards in 2022, 122 in 2023, 86 in 2024, 51 in 2025, and 33 through September 2026, suggesting seasonal 2026 activity or contracting volatility in the division's pipeline. Sixty-six awards with ultimate completion dates falling within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $3.64 billion, representing significant recompete exposure concentrated in radar sustainment, satellite communications, and air traffic control modernization vehicles.

SCI-reported invoicing for federal services contracts shows modest and declining activity: $1.6 million across 3.2 FTEs in FY2022, $2 million across 4.0 FTEs in FY2023, and zero FTEs reported in FY2024 and FY2025. This signals that the division's federal footprint is dominated by goods procurement and product manufacturing—radar components, circuit cards, power supplies, electronic assemblies—rather than labor-intensive service work captured in SCI. When services were reported, median government-paid hourly rates ran approximately $238.63 per hour, with ranges from $219.89/hr at the tenth percentile to $500.58/hr at the ninety-fifth percentile, reflecting engineering, technical labor, and program management roles. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, no subcontractor hours were reported, indicating Raytheon performs substantially all labor delivery in-house on service work.

On the prime side, the division operates as a pure prime contractor (100% of 2,781 awards are prime; 4 sub-awards represent immaterial historical activity). Raytheon engages a deep supply chain of specialized component manufacturers and electronics suppliers—including Spectrum Microwave Inc., Communications & Power Industries, Frontgrade Technologies (Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions), Amphenol, TE Connectivity, HDL Research Lab Inc., Wenzel Associates Inc., Advanced Conversion Technology Inc., CPI Radant Technologies, Miltope Corporation, Honeywell International, Regal Technology Partners, Senior Operations LLC, Merrill Technologies Group, and dozens of electronics, connector, fastener, sheet metal, and precision machining vendors—but retains all prime contractor liability and performs core radar engineering, systems integration, and modernization work in-house. The division's primary place of performance is Marlborough, Massachusetts, with secondary sites in Andover, Massachusetts and Newport, Rhode Island for submarine electronics and San Diego, California for fire control and shipboard systems work.

Raytheon Company Strategic Missile Defense Division competes across radar systems and defense electronics as a mature, established large business, with no small business certifications, set-aside eligibility, or teaming reliance. The division's trajectory reflects concentration in long-cycle, high-value Department of Navy and Army programs anchored by single-award production and logistics vehicles, offset by sustained but declining sustainment and component orders from the FAA and Naval Supply Systems Command. The 2025–2026 activity decline and the $3.64 billion recompete cliff in the next twenty-four months signal a portfolio in transition toward next-generation radar modernization and satellite communications infrastructure.