Company partnering with Lockheed Martin to deliver increased capability to
warfighters
FORT WAYNE, Ind., May 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) will provide a critical communications solution for the Department of
Defense's Joint Tactical Radio System.
JTRS is the next generation of radios for the U.S. military. Raytheon
will be a subcontractor on the $766 million JTRS Airborne, Maritime and
Fixed contract, which was awarded to Lockheed Martin in March 2008.
The AMF domain will provide network and interoperable communications
for more than 160 platform types, including fixed and rotary wing aircraft,
submarines and surface ships, and fixed stations worldwide.
Raytheon will co-lead the design, development and manufacture of the
joint airborne radio of the JTRS AMF communications simulation efforts, and
the company will design, develop and manufacture ancillary products for the
system including power supplies and filters.
Raytheon will also lead the Army aviation platform piece of the
contract with responsibility for overall integration of the communications
systems on all Army aviation platforms.
"We have more than 40 years of experience solving the military's
communications challenges," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Raytheon
Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "Applying our
systems integration experience and building on our communications expertise
to deliver this solution assure our troops have the very best capability."
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3, 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,
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:
Raytheon also has a role in other JTRS domains including the
handheld-manpack domain and the ground mobile radio domain.
Contact:
MB Hodgkiss
508.490.2607
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
MB Hodgkiss of Raytheon Company,
+1-508-490-2607
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