Raytheon Co., the fourth-largest U.S.
defense contractor, agreed not to make joint bids with DRS
Technologies Inc. on future U.S. contracts for night-vision
equipment, the Justice Department said.
The department said the so-called “teaming agreement”
between Raytheon and DRS to bid on new contracts to develop
infrared sights for military vehicles “raised significant
competitive concerns.” The agreement won’t affect existing
contracts to produce the equipment, the Justice Department said.
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The change “helps to preserve competition and to ensure
continued innovation by the companies that produce night-vision
technologies,” R. Hewitt Pate, the Justice Department’s chief
antitrust enforcer, said in a statement. “These technologies are
vital to the success of the nation’s ground forces and to the
safety of our country.”
Raytheon, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, and DRS have
jointly developed and manufactured infrared sights for such
defense programs as the Battalion Combat Team Mobile Gun System
and the Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle, the Justice
Department said.
