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.
The last remaining T-1 Jayhawk at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, took its final flight to the "Boneyard" at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on July 15. The 99th Flying Training Squadron will train pilots using T-6 and simulator until it gets T-7 Red Hawk in fiscal 2026.