Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems has been awarded a $31 million contract by the Naval Sea Systems Command for integrated combat control systems for the next five Virginia class submarines. As the prime systems integrator for the submarine combat control suite, the company will procure, produce, and integrate all combat control hardware and software, including tactical software and logistics support, delivering the communication, navigation and weapon launch capabilities that are crucial to submarine combat operations. Under the contract, Raytheon will also provide combat control system modernization and technology refresh for the first two submarines of the Virginia class, the USS Virginia and USS Texas.

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The Virginia class submarine combat control subsystem consists of centralized data management systems for weapon control, interface and weapon launch capabilities. Raytheon's weapon interface panel provides special-purpose hardware to support generation and control of weapon data, control signals and weapon power for pre-launch, launch, and post-launch control of four horizontal tube-fired weapons and 12 vertical tube fired weapons.

Work on this and other submarine combat system programs is performed at Raytheon's maritime mission center in Portsmouth, RI. Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense and naval and maritime warfighting solutions.