HARLOW, June 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Systems Limited's GPS anti-jam
antenna technology development team has received another accolade, this time
from the US Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR).
    The team conceived the GAS-1N, the compact technology solution that was
selected for the US Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) programme in 1999.  In
2000 the GAS-1N FCT's Programme Manager, Lt Cdr Drew Williams, was rewarded
with the Navy's FTC Program Manager of the Year award.  Subsequently the whole
team has now been honoured with the SPAWAR HQ Lightning Bolt award for team
excellence.  The FCT Team has now received the award from Admiral Gauss
(COMSPAWAR) in San Diego.
    RSL's GAS-1N project was held as a prime example of how individuals and
organisations from all over the world can come together to form an effective
team to satisfy US Navy requirements.
    Nick Cole, RSL's Navigation Systems Group Business Manager at the
company's Harlow facility, said, "This is the latest recognition of the
international respect our development team has earned and is a further
endorsement of RSL's leading expertise in this field.  It is a great honour
for us to be recognised by the US Navy in this way."
    In 1999 RSL's GPS anti-jam technology was also recognised by the UK
government with the award of Millennium Product status.
    GAS-1N will allow tactical aircraft to maintain their essential high
accuracy GPS positioning and timing capability under hostile electromagnetic
conditions so that mission effectiveness is maximised.   The US Navy's Harrier
AV-8B has been identified as the transition platform and integration efforts
were started in 2001.
    Raytheon Systems Limited is the UK-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company.
With nearly 2,000 employees throughout the UK, RSL services both defence and
commercial markets.  It is a major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence and
has won programmes such as ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar) and SIFF
(Successor Identification Friend or Foe).  The company also participates as a
team player in bids for other programmes such as the Royal Navy's Future
Carrier (CVF) and the Army's BOWMAN communications system.   RSL, which is
establishing a major systems integration capability, also designs, develops
and manufactures ATC radar, identification systems and anti-jam navigation
systems.  It is a specialist supplier of semiconductors and power modules,
manufacturing complex electronic systems, sub-systems and assemblies, and
undertakes aircraft servicing and modification.
    With headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts, Raytheon Company is a
global technology leader in defence, government, and commercial electronics,
and business and special mission aircraft.

    Notes for editors:
    The GPS Antenna System -- 1N (GAS-1N) Foreign Comparative Test (FCT)
Program was a highly successful US evaluation of a GPS anti-jam antenna system
designed and manufactured by Raytheon Systems Limited in the UK.  The FCT
provided a comprehensive engineering test and operational quick look of the
candidate antenna system resulting in EMD/Production transition to several
Navy and Army platforms.  The GAS-1N FCT Program has set the standard for
state-of-the-art GPS anti-jam antenna testing for all services.  The same RSL
solution was selected as the GPS anti-jam solution for the US Army's Comanche
Helicopter in June 2000.
    The GAS-1N antenna addresses the need for a GPS anti-jam antenna system on
smaller Tactical Air Platforms with antenna size restrictions.  Previously,
RSL was selected by the GPS Joint Program Office for the supply of the
original GPS Anti-Jam Antenna Systems (GAS-1) which employs a large Controlled
Reception Pattern Antennas (CRPA), for fitment to a range of larger air and
sea platforms.

     For information contact:
     Mike Brown
     +44 (0)7785 995722
     mike.brown@raytheon.co.uk

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