Raytheon  to build fire-control system for Burke-class destroyers

WASHINGTON – Shipboard electronics experts at Raytheon Technologies Corp. (RTX) are building MK 99 fire-control systems for the Aegis weapon system aboard U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyers under terms of a $76.4 million contract announced in September. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking the RTX Raytheon segment in Marlborough, Mass., to build MK 99 Aegis fire-control systems, hardware, and engineering support. The MK 99 fire-control system (FCS) functions as the interface between the Aegis AN/SPY-1 radar and the ship-launched SM-2 family of anti-air missiles aboard the Burke-class destroyer. The MK 99 fire-control system communicates with the missile-control station, notifying it of the air threat, and then illuminates the missile’s target.

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