Navy Awards Raytheon's Marlborough Facility $271 Million Contract
The Navy awarded Raytheon's Marlborough facility a $271 million contract for missile systems work, federal records show. The award, dated Monday, Aug. 3, is among the largest federal defense contracts tied to the city in recent memory. Marlborough Patch reports that residents and local …
The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense's Marlborough facility a $271,493,519 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, according to Department of War contract records posted Monday, one of the largest federal defense awards tied to the city in recent memory.
TOWN HALL The award, listed in the department's Aug. 3 contract announcements, covers Navy missile systems work performed at Raytheon's Marlborough site. The size of the contract underscores the continuing role the company's Marlborough operations play in national defense supply chains, even as Raytheon's parent, RTX, has separately signaled restructuring at other Massachusetts device and manufacturing lines in recent weeks.
ELSEWHERE IN THE NEWS "Marlborough Residents Asked To Weigh In On Development Plan": City officials and local businesses are collecting public feedback on which development priorities Marlborough should pursue as part of the Draft Marlborough Forward Plan, per Marlborough Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/marlborough/marlborough-residents-asked-weigh-development-plan)
COMING UP Tuesday, Aug. 4: A Board of Health regular meeting and a special Planning Board meeting are on the schedule at City Hall.
Wednesday, Aug. 5: The Cultural Council and Licensing Board hold regular meetings; at the Marlborough Public Library, an English Conversation Circle runs at 10 a.m., a Jam & Jelly breads and biscuits program at 1 p.m., and the Undiscovered Realms Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Club meets at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 6: The Conservation Commission meets, and English Conversation Circle returns to the library at 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 12: The Traffic Commission meets, and Hillside School holds its hockey showcase at the New England Sports Center.
Monday, Aug. 17: The Planning Board and City Council both meet.
Tuesday, Aug. 25: August 2026 Auditions take place in Worcester at 3:30 p.m., featured on the Marlborough Patch community calendar.
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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