The U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company a $551 million contract to begin production of the combat-proven Patriot™ air and missile defense system for the Kingdom of Bahrain.
美國陸軍授予雷神公司一份價值5.51億美元的合同，開始為巴林王國生產經過戰鬥驗證的愛國者™空中和導彈防禦系統。
The contract was awarded on January 31, 2020.
該合同於2020年1月31日授予。
Raytheon’s Patriot is the most advanced tactical air and missile defense system in the world, providing protection against a full range of advanced threats, including aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
雷神公司的愛國者是世界上最先進的戰術空中和導彈防禦系統，提供對包括飛機、戰術彈道導彈、巡航導彈和無人駕駛飛行器在內的各種先進威脅的保護。
Since it was first fielded, Raytheon’s Patriot has been used by five nations in more than 250 combat engagements against manned and unmanned aircraft, cruise missiles, and tactical ballistic missiles.
自首次投入使用以來，雷神公司的愛國者已被五個國家用於250多次對抗載人和無人飛機、巡航導彈和戰術彈道導彈的戰鬥。
Since January of 2015, Patriot has intercepted more than 150 ballistic missiles in combat operations around the world; more than 90 of those intercepts involved the low-cost Raytheon-made Guidance Enhanced Missile family of surface-to-air missiles.
自2015年1月以來，愛國者在世界各地的作戰行動中攔截了150多枚彈道導彈；其中90多枚涉及低成本雷神製造的制導增強型導彈地對空導彈系列。
Those engagements were possible because Patriot is built on a foundation of more than 3,000 ground tests and over 1,400 flight tests.
這些約定是可能的，因為愛國者是建立在超過3，000次地面測試和1，400多次飛行測試的基礎上的。
Seventeen nations have procured more than 240 Patriot fire units.
17個國家已經採購了240多個愛國者火力單位。
Many of those countries have chosen to take advantage of Patriot’s flexible architecture and upgrade their systems.
其中許多國家選擇利用愛國者靈活的架構並升級其系統。
That translates into global commonality.
這就轉化為全球共性。
Countries with Patriot can – and do – train together.
擁有愛國者的國家可以-而且確實-一起訓練。
And if need be, they can operate together in combat.
如果需要的話，他們可以一起作戰。
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