RTX’s Raytheon wins $515 million SPY-6 radar contract

Raytheon has won a $515 million U.S. Navy contract for the SPY-6 family of radars, a follow-on to an Integration and Production Support award made in June 2025 that includes upgrading Flight IIA destroyers with the SPY-6(V)4 variant.

The sole-source deal provides continued support for the SPY-6 portfolio to the Navy and also covers work for Germany, with additional countries potentially added through the Foreign Military Sales program.

“With over a decade of demonstrated success at sea, SPY-6 remains the U.S. Navy’s most advanced maritime radar, providing the fleet with unmatched sensing power and multi-mission readiness to counter evolving threats,” said Barbara Borgonovi, president of Naval Power at Raytheon. “Backed by an $800 million investment to modernize our radar manufacturing facilities, we’re accelerating production and are expecting to double SPY‑6 output by 2028.”

Raytheon said SPY-6 is now operating aboard two commissioned Navy ships and installed on 11 others undergoing testing. Over the next decade, the radar is expected to be fielded on more than 50 U.S. Navy vessels to bolster defenses against air, surface, ballistic and electronic warfare threats.

The company designs and builds SPY-6 and other radar programs at its 30,000-square-foot Radar Development Facility in Andover, Massachusetts, a vertically integrated and highly automated site that includes a gallium nitride foundry for producing essential semiconductors.

Raytheon said it is hiring engineers across multiple disciplines to support the program.