Army Corrects Award Date on $25 Million Raytheon Communications Deal
The Army said a $25 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Raytheon Co. for AN/USC-28(V) terminal sustainment was awarded Aug. 3, 2026, not July 30 as first announced.
The U.S. Army revised the award date on a $25 million contract to Raytheon Co., the Fullerton, California, defense electronics supplier, moving the date to Aug. 3, 2026, as announced on war.gov.
The correction covers a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract carrying the number W15P7T-26-D-A004. The Army first announced the award on July 30, 2026, then confirmed the actual award date days later, according to war.gov. The deal covers depot-level repair, engineering and obsolescence sustainment of the AN/USC-28(V) strategic communications terminal, a system the military uses for secure long-haul communications.
The correction was published August 4, 2026 at 5:00 PM ET among three Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide that day, according to war.gov. The award marks the 11th Defense Department contract recorded in California during 2026.
Contract dates matter because they set the clock for performance milestones, funding obligations and audit trails. A shift of a few days can change the reporting period a payment falls into and the baseline for delivery schedules. Raytheon stands to benefit from a defined sustainment pipeline, while the Army secures continued upkeep of an aging terminal fleet without a full replacement program.
The AN/USC-28(V) sits within the military’s strategic communications backbone, and depot-level work keeps such systems operational well beyond their original service life. Obsolescence sustainment addresses parts that manufacturers no longer produce, a recurring challenge for hardware fielded decades ago. The indefinite-delivery structure lets the Army order repairs and engineering as needs arise, up to the $25 million ceiling.
For the average reader, the change carries no direct effect on daily life. It reflects the routine bookkeeping of federal procurement, where the government spends billions of dollars each year to maintain equipment already in service. The dollar figure here is modest against the broader Army portfolio, which ranged from a low near $9 million to a high above $53 billion year-to-date in 2026, according to war.gov.
This has happened before. The Defense Department routinely issues corrections to its daily contract announcements, adjusting award dates, dollar amounts, contractor names and place-of-performance details after initial publication. Such notices appear regularly in the department’s contract bulletins and rarely alter the underlying terms of the agreement.
The Army has not announced any further review of the contract, and no additional decision date has been set. The sustainment work will proceed under the corrected Aug. 3, 2026, award date, with individual task orders issued as the service requires them.
Defense procurement corrections trace back to the earliest days of formalized military contracting. When the War Department began publishing standardized award notices in the mid-20th century, clerical adjustments to dates and figures became a routine feature of the record. Raytheon itself, founded in 1922 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, grew into one of the nation’s largest defense contractors partly on the strength of long-running sustainment and communications work for the armed forces. The company’s decades of depot-level contracts show how a single corrected date rarely disrupts a relationship built over generations.
This contract represents the 1st contract awarded to CORRECTION: The $25, in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $25,000,000. It is also the 11th Department of Defense contract awarded in California during 2026. Because this is the first award to CORRECTION: The $25 recorded in the database, it establishes the company’s initial benchmark within the Army portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Army portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $9,051,490 and maximum of $53,859,843,289. Overall, this award was announced among 3 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on August 4, 2026.
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