WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., July 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- NetFires
LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Missile Systems
business and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Missiles and Fire Control,
successfully launched another Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision
Attack Missile July 1.
"The success of this CTV-3 flight test confirms that NLOS-LS can
reliably move forward to multi-mode seeker flights," said Col. Doug Dever,
U.S. Army's NLOS-LS project manager. "This advanced weapon system gives the
commander a single system solution to counter the moving target and
asymmetric swarm attack threat while minimizing collateral damage."
The flight test proved the missile's stability in cruise and guidance
modes and its ability to operate as a node on the net using its onboard
radio.
"This test marks the first time an Army missile with an onboard radio
joined the net and transmitted both missile status while in flight and a
preloaded simulated target image just prior to impact," said Scott Speet,
executive vice president of NetFires LLC and Raytheon's NLOS-LS program
director.
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, 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.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 140,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture, integration and sustainment of advanced
technology systems, products and services. The Corporation reported 2007
sales of $41.9 billion.
Note to Editors: The NLOS-LS is one of the 14 Future Combat System core
systems. As part of the FCS systems-of-systems, the NLOS-LS will meet the
requirements of the Army's future brigade combat teams by providing
increased capability for the current force's modular BCT.
NLOS-LS provides the brigade commander immediate, precise and
responsive fires on high payoff targets with real-time target acquisition
and battle effects. It is also one of the key littoral combat ship mission
modules.
Compared to systems with equivalent firepower, the NLOS-LS provides a
modular, persistent, responsive, networked and rapidly deployable precision
strike capability against moving and stationary targets.
Contact:
Raytheon Lockheed Martin
Heather Uberuaga Craig Vanbebber
520.665.5594 972.603.1615
uberuaga@raytheon.com
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com
CONTACT:
Heather Uberuaga of Raytheon,
+1-520-665-5594, uberuaga@raytheon.com; Craig Vanbebber of
Lockheed Martin, +1-972-603-1615
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