The Department of Defense announced Friday that Raytheon has been awarded a $1 billion foreign military sales contract to provide an early warning radar system for Qatar. The contract is a result of a sole-source acquisition and will be managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom AFB, Mass. The work will be performed at Woburn, Mass., and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2021.
Lt. Gen. Stephen L. Davis, the Department of the Air Force’s top internal watchdog, has been nominated to lead Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the service’s bombers and intercontinental ballistic missiles.