Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $213.4 million Navy contract modification on April 20, 2026 covering Zumwalt-class combat systems work through April 2027. The award exercises options under a previously issued contract. Coverage from GovCon Wire, Defence Blog, and Virginia Business via the Department of War contracts announcement.
Scope and locations
The modification — a mix of cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only — funds installation, integration, development, testing, correction, maintenance, and modernization for Zumwalt combat systems. Work spans six U.S. locations including Portsmouth, Rhode Island; Tewksbury, Massachusetts; and Pascagoula, Mississippi. Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity. Funded through multiple Navy appropriations streams; about $29.8M (~59% of obligated funding at award) came from FY2026 O&M.
This is part of a long pattern
Raytheon has held Zumwalt combat-systems support work for years — including a $212.5M April 2024 modification and a five-year $1.68B award in April 2022. The current contract continues that recurring stream as the Navy integrates conventional prompt strike (CPS) hypersonic capability into the Zumwalt class.
What to do
- RI / MA / MS subs in radar, EW, and combat-system integration: this is your prime pipe
- Watch CPS integration milestones — that's where new subcontract scope appears
