# Michael P. Duffey

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## Timeline

- **2026-09-28**: Award publicly announced — The department announces the contract, citing near-doubled AMRAAM production and participation from the Air Force, Navy, and allied Foreign Military Sales customers.
- **2026-09-25**: Contract awarded to Raytheon — US Department of War awards Raytheon an up to $20.7 billion contract for AMRAAM production over five years with two option years.

## Recent coverage (2 stories)

### Navy's $24.4B SM-6 contract bolsters layered missile defense
2026-10-02 04:15:50 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

Pentagon awards Raytheon up to $24.4B for Standard Missile-6 production, a multi-mission interceptor central to US Navy air, surface, and missile defense missions. The long-term contract signals Washington's focus on munitions depth and industrial capacity for maritime superiority.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/us-navy-24-4b-sm6-space-defense

### Raytheon's $20.7B AMRAAM Pact as 2025 Output Nearly Doubles
2026-09-29 03:29:12 · Sentiment: Positive · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

This multiyear AMRAAM award signals a defense-industrial shift: a $20.7 billion ceiling across five years with two option years, joint Air Force, Navy, and allied demand, and an explicit target of nearly doubled output compared to 2024. For space and defense professionals, it underscores how sustained munitions procurement can shape aerospace supplier capacity and allied readiness.
Full story: https://getspacebrief.com/story/raytheon-20-7b-amraam-production-deal-space-defense

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