Raytheon Awarded Contract in Excess of $1.4 Billion for Theater High Altitude Area Defense Radar Development

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Raytheon Awarded Contract in Excess of $1.4 Billion for Theater High Altitude Area Defense Radar Development
    BEDFORD, Mass., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTNA; RTNB) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of $1.4
billion by Lockheed Martin Company to design, develop and manufacture three
Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) radars for the Theater High
Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System.
    The contract also includes the hardware design, development and
manufacture of six Battle Management/Command Control, Communications and
Information Tactical/Shelters Groups and related engineering support.
    "Raytheon is proud to be a member of the THAAD team," said William H.
Swanson, a Raytheon executive vice president and president of the Electronic
Systems business unit.  "This award reinforces Raytheon's world class
expertise in ground based radar technology."
    As the prime contractor for the $4 billion THAAD award, Lockheed Martin
will supply seven launchers, six command and control stations and 30 missiles
for EMD testing, with an option for 14 additional missiles, Raytheon's three
radars and six Battle Management Tactical Shelter Groups.  "We are excited
about moving into the next phase of the THAAD program and look forward to
providing our soldiers with the best missile defense system," said Col.
Patrick O'Reilly, THAAD Project Manager.
    The THAAD program is an integrated system consisting of launchers,
missiles, battle management command and control and radars.  It is the upper
tier of the Army's two-tier theater missile defense concept.  The higher
altitude and wide area protection furnished by the THAAD System interfaces
with the lower tier Raytheon Patriot Air and Missile Defense System to provide
a near penetration-proof missile defense of critical and high value assets.
    The THAAD radar is an X-band, phased array, solid state radar.  Utilizing
both state-of-the-art high-power transmit/receive modules and advanced signal
and data processors, the THAAD radar provides surveillance, detection, target
tracking and kill assessment of the threat.
    The three radars awarded under this contract are a follow-on to the
successful two THAAD User Operational Evaluation System radars provided to the
U.S. Army in 1996.  The six Battle Management/Command, Control and
Communication Tactical Shelter Groups will provide the THAAD System with the
latest state-of-the-art shelters, hardware and software to manage the tactical
missile battle.  The shelters will be used for both ground and flight testing
of the THAAD System throughout the EMD phase.
    Work under this contract will be performed at Raytheon facilities in
Andover, Bedford, Sudbury, and Tewksbury, Mass.; Huntsville, Ala.; Forrest,
Miss.; St. Petersburg, Fla.; White Sands, N.M.; and Dallas, Texas.
    Raytheon Company, based in Lexington, Mass., is a global technology leader
that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense
electronics and business and special mission aircraft.  Raytheon has
operations throughout the United States and serves customers in more than 70
countries.
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