Raytheon has been awarded a US Navy contract with a potential total value of $424 million, if all options are exercised, for engineering and manufacturing to further develop Standard Missile-3 (SM-3).
Raytheon will complete development of
The SM-3 Block IA provides an incremental upgrade to improve the missile's reliability and performance at a reduced cost. Block IB incorporates into the kinetic warhead an advanced two-colour infrared seeker and a throttling divert and attitude control system providing additional capability against evolving threats.
SM-3 has transitioned from engineering development to manufacture and is being built along with production SM-2s in Raytheon Missile Systems' factories in
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Where will all the raw materials come from for the manufacturing process? How will they be transported to the factory and what is going to be done with the various scrap and residues?