TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's Integrated
Defense Systems, the ship electronic systems integrator for LPD-17, will
celebrate the christening of the USS San Antonio tomorrow (July 19) at
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' site in Avondale, La. U.S. Senator Kay Bailey
Hutchison of Texas is the sponsor of LPD-17, the first ship in the San Antonio
class of the U.S. Navy's amphibious ships.
"Our entire Raytheon team is proud of the contributions we have made to
the USS San Antonio," said Dan Smith, vice president of Raytheon Integrated
Defense Systems. "The sailors and Marines who deploy on this ship will
experience a revolutionary amphibious transport outfitted with world-class
mission integration capabilities developed by the men and women of Raytheon."
LPD-17 is an expeditionary warfare support platform that serves as an
operations base for elements of the Marine expeditionary forces. Under
contract to Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Raytheon developed the Shipboard
Wide Area Network (SWAN), the integrated product data environment, and all
related software to provide total ship information management. Raytheon also
provided the integrated ship electronics architecture and life cycle
engineering support.
Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader
in mission systems integration. With a strong international and domestic
customer base including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Armed
Forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated air and missile defense
and naval and maritime warfighting solutions.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), 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:
Steve Brecken
978.858.5246
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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