MARLBOROUGH, Mass., April 28, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has won an $86.7 million contract to produce and install
upgrade kits for the Army's Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical
Terminal, or SMART-T.
The award, part of an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract
originally awarded in 2007, increases the total contract value to $183.3
million.
The upgrades will be installed on joint and international terminals for
the U.S. Army, Air Force and Marine Corps as well as for Canada and the
Netherlands.
The Advanced Extremely High Frequency kits expand by a factor of four
times the data rate of existing SMART-T systems.
Jerry Powlen, vice president, Network Centric Systems' Integrated
Communications Systems, said: "These upgrades incorporate Raytheon's
advances in protected satellite communications and provide our troops with
increased bandwidth for real-time video, battlefield mapping and targeting
data. As leaders in protected satellite communications, we look forward to
delivering our AEHF solution to the Navy and the Air Force in the near
future as well."
The Army's SMART-T was the first AEHF system to go into production with
the proven capability to communicate with the next generation of AEHF
communications satellites. AEHF is the Department of Defense's primary
system to provide highly protected satellite communications through 2020.
Raytheon's SMART-T software has been the genesis for other critical
programs including the company's solution for the Navy's Multiband Terminal
and the Air Force's production of the Minuteman Minimum Essential Emergency
Communications Network program upgrade. It provides the services with
essential, joint-interoperable capability for legacy EHF and future AEHF
communications.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command and control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a
broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham,
Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
Note to Editors:
Canada and the Netherlands will receive an AEHF-only version of the
terminal.
The AEHF upgrade incorporates Raytheon's eXtended Data Rate (XDR)
waveform hardware and software modifications, a technological breakthrough
in protected communications.
Contact:
MB Hodgkiss
508.490.2607
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