Raytheon-Lockheed Gets $10M Lightweight Launcher Contract

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A Raytheon-Lockheed team has been awarded a $10 million Army contract for work on a lightweight launcher in an attempt to upgrade the Javelin missile system.
The Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin Joint Venture, based at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, will work through September 2019 on reducing the weight of the Javelin Command Launch Unit, the Arizona Daily Star reported.
The project will include management, engineering and design work for the portable Javelin ant