$79.5M for more JLENS Aerostat Blimps

JLENS

Raytheon Co. in Bedford, MA received a $79.5 million modification to a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor Systems with Surveillance Radar. JLENS aerostats are used in Iraq and Afghanistan to provide consistent surveillance as well as their role in air defense networks.

Work will be performed in Bedford, MA and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2010. This was a sole source contract initiated on Dec. 29, 2004 by the Defense Space and Missile Command in Huntsville, AL (DASG60-98-C-0001).