US Army awards Raytheon $108 million contract for Afghanistan Air Force training

The U.S. Army Contracting Command has selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) to train the Afghanistan Air Force in aircraft maintenance. Raytheon will develop a new training program for the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation under the $108 million contract, called Afghanistan Air Force Aircraft Maintenance Training, or AMT.

Master Sgt. Francis J. Gilson V, Master Sgt. Mark Wagner and Tech Sgt. Steven Sanchez, maintainers from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas, are deployed to Afghanistan with the Train Advise and Assist Command-Air (Picture source: US Air Force)