Raytheon awarded $277 million contract to continue managing Collins-class combat system Can

Canberra-based Raytheon Australia has been awarded a $277 million contract extension to continue managing the Ryal Australian Navy’s (RAN’s) Collins-class combat system. This extension allows Raytheon Australia’s local team and local and international partners such as General Dynamics Mission Systems to continue delivering combat system capabilities for the RAN; it also supports a training pipeline for engineers and technicians as the RAN integrates new capabilities.

“This contract extension reinforces Raytheon Australia’s 25 years of expertise as the Collins-class submarine combat system partner,” says Ohad Katz, Raytheon Australia’s managing director.

Raytheon Australia has supported the Collins-class submarines since their introduction in the mid-1990s, The team operates mainly from Perth’s Henderson Shipyard and HMAS Stirling, with additional services provided from Osborne Shipyard in Adelaide and from Sydney.

Core elements of the Combat System Management Framework include combat system integration and manager services, architecture and design, upgrades and updates, implementation and coordination of the AN/BYG-1 system, wharf-side and deployable technical support and procurement, warehousing and freight services.