MCKINNEY, Texas, Aug. 23, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has
made early delivery of a radar Mission Systems Integration Laboratory
(MSIL) to Boeing for the Navy's P-8A MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft)
program.
The MSIL represents key hardware for the integration of Raytheon's
APY-10 radar on the P-8A aircraft. This is the second successful program
delivery achieved this year by the Raytheon P-8A radar team, which shipped
the APY-10 software design lab (radar) protocol emulator to Boeing in
February. The first production radar is expected to be delivered in 2008.
"To Raytheon, early is on time. The MSIL was actually contracted to be
delivered this month, but we shipped it early to Boeing on July 21,"
remarked Rick Kraft, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) director of
maritime surveillance radars. "The P-8A radar team has walked the talk, and
they continue to make strides in meeting our commitment to the P-8A Boeing
and Navy customers for this important program."
The new Raytheon APY-10 surveillance and tracking radar for P-8A will
be fully integrated with the Boeing mission system and contain numerous
improvements, including a color weather mode, high-speed data collection,
and an enhanced tracker. It will also be smaller and weigh less than
previous generation radars of its type.
Raytheon SAS is the leading provider of sensor systems giving
warfighters the most accurate and timely information available for the
network-centric battlefield. With 2005 revenues of $4.2 billion and 13,000
employees, SAS is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., with additional
facilities in Goleta, Calif.; Forest, Miss.; Dallas, McKinney and Plano,
Texas; and several international locations.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an
industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people
worldwide.
Contact
Dave Desilets
972.952.2239
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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