US firm to construct PHL Nat'l Coast Watch Center

From the Philippine News Agency (Aug 25): US firm to construct PHL Nat'l Coast Watch Center
 
US defense giant, Raytheon Company, said it has been contracted to build the Philippine National Coast Watch Center for USD18 million.

The contract was awarded July this year and will end July 31, 2015.

Dept. of National Defense officials are still to give an official statement on when and where the contract was signed and the exact date it will be implemented.

This is Raytheon's first border security-related contract in Southeast Asia.

Under the two-year base contract, Raytheon will design and construct an NCWC; support integration of data from various agencies into the NCWC; and provide acquisition, installation and training on an automatic identification system as well as radio communications for the Government of the Philippines.

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