GOLETA, Calif., Aug. 2, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has been awarded a $24.4 million U.S. Navy contract to equip Royal
Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornets with the ALR-67(V)3 digital
radar warning receiver.
The contract, representing the first international sale of the
ALR-67(V)3 for the Super Hornet, calls for the delivery of 24 radar warning
receivers to the RAAF. Raytheon was recently awarded a contract to provide
55 radar warning receivers plus spares for RAAF F/A-18A+ aircraft as part
of the Australia Hornet upgrade program.
"Equipping the RAAF Super Hornet with the ALR-67(V)3 is another step
forward in expanding our international business," said Roy Azevedo, manager
of Raytheon's Electronic Warfare business area. "The ALR-67(V)3 and its new
digital technology provide critical capabilities for self-protection of the
F/A-18."
The award, a foreign military sale, originated with the Naval Air
Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. Deliveries under the contract will
begin in October 2009 and are expected to be complete by September 2010.
The ALR-67(V)3 is the state-of-the-art radar warning receiver on Navy
F/A- 18E/F carrier-based tactical aircraft. More than 400 receivers plus
spares have been ordered, and additional domestic and international sales
are expected.
Work on the radar warning receiver is being done by the company's
Electronic Warfare organization in Goleta with support of facilities in El
Segundo, Calif., Forest, Miss., and McKinney, Texas.
Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85
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 73,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Ron Colman
805.879.2041
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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