MARLBORO, Mass., July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has
been awarded a $16.8 million production option to a previously awarded U.S.
Army Communications - Electronics Command (CECOM) contract for the production
of AN/TPN-31 Air Traffic Navigation, Integration and Coordination Systems
(ATNAVICS) and AN/FPN-67 Fixed Base Precision Approach Radar (FBPAR) systems.
ATNAVICS is a completely self-contained system, mounted on two High
Mobility, Multi-purpose, Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), which provides rapid
response air traffic control services at Army airfields and tactical landing
sites. The system is comprised of an S-band air surveillance radar, L-band
secondary surveillance radar/identification friend or foe, an X-band precision
approach radar, and Raytheon's AutoTrac air traffic management system. These
systems provide full surveillance to 25 nautical miles and precision approach
coverage to 10 nautical miles in all weather conditions.
ATNAVICS is the only radar ground controlled approach system mounted on
tactical mobile vehicles that is transportable in a C-130 aircraft. It
provides a rapid air traffic control response for both tactical operations and
civil disasters.
"Thoroughly tested in the tactical air traffic environment, the ATNAVICS
will provide the Army unprecedented levels of performance, safety and
reliability well into the 21st century," said Lt. Col. Greg Oelberg, product
manager of U.S. Army Air Traffic Control systems. "A true force multiplier,
the ATNAVICS and FBPAR systems provide for expeditious air traffic management
by enabling continuous, unimpeded and integrated air traffic services during
combined operations within the Army Tactical Airspace Command and Control
System and National Airspace System."
"Raytheon's ATNAVICS system will provide the Army with an immediate
forward deployed tactical air traffic control capability," said Robert Eckel,
vice president of Raytheon's Air Traffic Management Systems business. "This
unprecedented mobilized capability for air traffic management will allow for
faster deployment, anywhere, anytime."
The Army's new AN/FPN-67 fixed-base precision approach radar provides U.S.
Army air traffic controllers with a proven, cost-effective tool that provides
accurate and reliable aircraft position information to aid in landing
operations in adverse weather and low visibility conditions. It is identical
to the ATNAVICS precision approach radar and will be installed in permanent
locations at Army airfields. The AN/TPN-31 is a tactical system, and the
AN/FPN-67 is a fixed-base system.
The ATNAVICS and FBPAR Systems are based upon Raytheon's 50-year heritage
of military air traffic control and landing systems. Raytheon is a world
leader in solid-state air traffic control radar technology. Raytheon was
competitively selected in April 1995 for ATNAVICS and FBPAR pre-production
activities with production options for up to 36 ATNAVICS and 27 FBPARs.
Raytheon Company, with 2002 sales of $16.8 billion, is an industry leader
in defense, government and commercial electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000
people worldwide.
Contact
Janet Kopec
972.952.2547
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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