Tucson.com:
Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $60 million contract modification to transition the latest version of its Standard Missile-3 ballistic missile interceptor into production.
The contract award by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency will fund engineering, analysis and material needed to enable Raytheon to produce two SM-3 Block IIA interceptors per month, according to a Pentagon contract notice.
The work will be performed in Tucson, with expected completion in March 2020 as part of a long-term program now worth $694 million…
