Raytheon Awarded Two Contracts
Raytheon Company has been awarded two sole source contracts by the U.S. Navy totaling $15.7 million for AEGIS equipment support. A $10.2 million performance based logistics contract renews Raytheon Integrated Defense System's (IDS) direct responsibility for administering AEGIS technical support for spares and repairs requirements of U.S. Navy and Foreign Military Sales customers. A $5.5 million contract calls for upgrading transmitter equipment in the AEGIS Weapon System. The AEGIS program is served by Raytheon's IDS Surveillance & Sensor Systems business area. Raytheon recently commemorated a 25-year milestone of continuous AEGIS equipment production.
Katrina Shuts Down Weather Broadcasts in GOM
As a result of Hurricane Katrina, all HF radiofacsimile, HF voice and NAVTEX weather broadcasts from United States Coast Guard New Orleans station NMG are inoperable. A USCG C-130 reconnaissance plane has reported the transmitter site as being dry, however, it may be quite some period of time before the commercial long-haul telecommunication lines and power to the site can be restored. The USCG and NOAA are in the process of determining if broadcasts can be performed from another other site in the interim. All products intended for broadcast will continue to be made available via the Internet during this outage. As a result of Hurricane Katrina, all MF broadcast of weather from Sector New Orleans are inoperable, and VHF broadcasts are being performed at a reduced capacity.
