Raytheon has defeated Boeing in a competition more than 10 years in the making to provide protected communications terminals to the Air Force. Raytheon was officially awarded a $298 million contract for the Family of Advanced Beyond-Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program on June 2, noteworthy for two reasons: First, that dollar figure represents only a fraction of the program's possible value if the Air Force chooses to procure bomber-carried airborne terminals at some point in the future; the Air Force has...
