Raytheon Missiles and Defense was awarded an $841,682,106 fixed-price-incentive contract for fire units.

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On Dec. 22, 2025, an announcement titled "Contracts for Dec. 22, 2025" noted that Department of War contracts valued at $7.5 million or more are now live on War.gov. The brief post includes a link to the defense.gov article (https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/4366669//) and was published on Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:00:25 GMT. The release itself contains no further contract details in the posted text.
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The Department of Defense published a contracts listing on Dec. 22, 2025 stating that Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded an $841,682,106 fixed-price-incentive contract for fire units to include new production hardware, software, services inherent to production, spares and documentation. The modification increases the contract’s total cumulative face value to $1,721,373,872, with work performed in Andover and an estimated completion date of June 30, 2031; the award was dated Dec. 19, 2025 and funded with Fiscal 2026 Foreign Military Sales (Spain) funds. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-26-C-0004). Verdict: True. Reason: The official DoD release explicitly documents the award details that match the claim (amount, contract type, scope for fire units, production hardware/software/services/spares/documentation, and date/funding), confirming accuracy.

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  1. Update · Dec 23, 2025, 05:22 PMTrue
    The Department of Defense published a contracts listing on Dec. 22, 2025 stating that Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded an $841,682,106 fixed-price-incentive contract for fire units to include new production hardware, software, services inherent to production, spares and documentation. The modification increases the contract’s total cumulative face value to $1,721,373,872, with work performed in Andover and an estimated completion date of June 30, 2031; the award was dated Dec. 19, 2025 and funded with Fiscal 2026 Foreign Military Sales (Spain) funds. The Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity (W31P4Q-26-C-0004). Verdict: True. Reason: The official DoD release explicitly documents the award details that match the claim (amount, contract type, scope for fire units, production hardware/software/services/spares/documentation, and date/funding), confirming accuracy.
  2. Update · Dec 23, 2025, 05:19 PMTrue
    Defense Department procurement data confirms Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded an $841,682,106 fixed-price-incentive contract for fire units, including new production hardware, software, services inherent to production, spares, and documentation. The DoD press release for December 22, 2025 lists the modification, states the total contract face value at $1,721,373,872, and notes work in Andover with the award date of December 19, 2025 (contracting activity W31P4Q-26-C-0004). GlobalSecurity.org reproduces the same DoD release, corroborating these details. Verdict: True — the available credible sources confirm the award amount, contract type, scope (fire units), and related details as stated.
  3. Update · Dec 23, 2025, 04:59 PMTrue
    Defense.gov reports that Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Andover, Massachusetts, was awarded an $841,682,106 fixed-price-incentive contract for fire units to include new production hardware, software, services inherent to production, spares and documentation. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $1,721,373,872, with work in Andover and an estimated completion date of June 30, 2031; fiscal 2026 Foreign Military Sales funds (Spain) were obligated at award. The contracting activity is Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal (W31P4Q-26-C-0004), awarded on Dec. 19, 2025. Verdict supports the claim based on the primary DoD release.
  4. Original article · Dec 22, 2025

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