USA, Nov. 3, 2009 (Info-Prod Research) -- According to DOD: Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) Company, Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,700,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-5122) to exercise a FY 10 option for performing as the platform system engineering agent for the Ship Self Defense System (SSDS). This effort is for the integration of complex war-fighting improvements – including components associated with the dual band radar and rolling airframe missile Block 2 – into the modular SSDS. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (90 percent); Tewksbury, Mass. (2.5 percent); Portsmouth, R.I. (2.5 percent); St. Petersburg, Fla. (2.5 percent); and Tucson, Ariz. (2.5 percent), and is expected to be completed by November 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.