Work on the contract will be done primarily at Raytheon facilities in Tucson, Ariz., and Sherman, Texas. Other locations include Raytheon facilities in Andover, Mass.; McKinney, Texas; and Farmington, N.M.
Raytheon, which has been producing the Paveway II system for nearly 27 years, is currently producing laser-guided bomb kits under DoD awards made in December 2001. Work on those contracts started in August 2002.
During Operation Desert Storm, more than half the air-launched guided weapons were Paveways II or III. More recently, Paveway II was used in Operation Enduring Freedom, where nearly two-thirds of all carrier-based ordnance was Paveway Laser Guided Bombs.
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