TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 14, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has completed the first delivery of its open architecture Ship Self
Defense System (SSDS) Mk 2 hardware configuration for installation onboard
the U.S. Navy's aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Following warfare
system integration and interoperability testing, Raytheon delivered the
hardware two weeks ahead of schedule.
Raytheon's Ship Self-Defense System is an open, distributed combat
management system for carriers and expeditionary warfare ships. It is
designed to expedite the detect-to-engage sequence to defend against
anti-ship cruise missiles. SSDS links and automates standalone sensors and
weapon systems to provide the required combat reaction.
Designed to meet the Navy's Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare
Systems Open Architecture Computing Environment standards, Raytheon's SSDS
Mk 2 is the first fleet use of this open architecture software that
leverages some of the Total Ship Computing Environment Infrastructure
developed for the Zumwalt-class destroyer. The open architecture design
adds a new level of flexibility and commercial standards to support the
Navy's goal for open, modular and interoperable combat management systems
for the fleet.
"SSDS is proven and effective in testing against multiple missile
threats, expediting the threat-detection to weapon-engagement chain," said
Greg Black, Raytheon's director of Seapower Defense Systems.
SSDS is currently fielded on four classes of aircraft carriers and
expeditionary ships -- LSD, CVN, LPD and LHD -- and will be available on
LHA-class ships in the future. SSDS also provides the backbone of the track
management capability for the Marine Corps' Common Aviation Command and
Control System, extending across services and to the littoral battlefield.
Concurrent with this delivered hardware upgrade, the ship will receive
a software upgrade that includes integration of the improved capabilities
of the Evolved SeaSparrow Missile and adaptive engagement control,
enhancing the ship's defensive capabilities for multiple missile
engagements.
Raytheon received a $16 million production contract in June 2007 to
equip multiple surface ships with the open-architecture SSDS Mk 2 variant.
In addition to the USS Nimitz, the SSDS Mk 2 configuration is being built
for the USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and the amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa
(LHA 6). Work is currently being performed at Raytheon's Seapower
Capability Center, Portsmouth, R.I., and the Expeditionary Warfare Center,
San Diego, Calif.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to the broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland
Security.
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.
Contact:
Carolyn Beaudry
401.842.3550
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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