Silent Night nets Raytheon $135.4m

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The US Special Operations Command has awarded Raytheon a $135.4m contract to develop a new tactical radar for rotary and fixed-wing aircraft.

Formally signed on December 12, 2006, and initially funded at $28.5m, the system design and development contract calls for Raytheon to build, test and integrate the new Silent Knight radar. The system will serve as a common multi-mode terrain following/terrain avoidance radar for a variety of platforms including the MH-47G helicopter, the lead aircraft for the program.

The cost plus incentive fee contract, potentially valued at more than $164m, contains an option for six low rate initial production units. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems is performing the work in Dallas and McKinney, Texas. Principal partners include AIC, Crestview, Florida; DRS Technologies, St. Louis, Missouri; and Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The Silent Knight radar will allow airborne forces safe low-level flight and safe ingress and egress in adverse environments. The system will also provide navigation support, ground mapping and weather information to aircrews.

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