US Department of Defense, Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz. is being awarded a $369,059,572 firm-fixed-price modification under previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-5460) for Phalanx Close-In Weapons Systems and associated spares for FY06 Navy (51 percent), Army (35 percent), and the Governments of Pakistan (12.8 percent) and Australia (1.2 percent) under the foreign military sales requirements.
Phalanx close-in Weapon System (CIWS) is a fast reaction terminal defense against low and high flying, high-speed maneuvering anti-ship missile threats that have penetrated all other ships
US military ‘not ready’ to escort tankers through Hormuz Strait
The US military is currently "not ready" to escort tankers through the critical Strait of Hormuz because all its assets...
