Qatar awards Raytheon with $2.5 billion contract for Patriot air and missile defense system.

State of Qatar awards Raytheon with $2.5 billion contract for patriot air and missile defense system. The acquisition is a part of the Qatar Army modernization announced in March 2014.

The contract includes supply of the latest Patriot fire units and radars which would help in reduced life cycle cost to the customer.Earlier this month Raytheon had announced that the U.S. Air Force will provide Qatar which of air and missile defense operations center which will integrate US air defense systems including patriot into Qatar's air operations center.