TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's Complementary
Low Altitude Weapon System (CLAWS) successfully completed its first guided
flight test with a metal-on-metal direct hit of the target drone at White
Sands Missile Range, N.M. All mission objectives were achieved with the
launcher in full tactical configuration and with U.S. Marines operating the
equipment.
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"Completion of this first flight test moves CLAWS one step closer to
providing Marines the expanded air defense protection that's critical to their
expeditionary warfare operation," said Tad Dickinson, CLAWS program manager at
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). "As a mission systems integrator,
we've leveraged our experience and investment from the Ground Launched
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile program to provide the Marines an
affordable, highly capable and low-risk CLAWS program."
This is the first in a series of three flight tests -- each one providing
incremental validation of all the CLAWS family of systems components, which
include the Raytheon IDS CLAWS launcher, the Thales-Raytheon Systems Sentinel
radar, the Raytheon Solipsys Multi-Source Correlator Tracker and Tactical
Display Framework, and the Raytheon Missile Systems AIM-120 AMRAAM. These
components form a highly capable one-company force, as evidenced in this first
flight test.
CLAWS is an all-weather, highly mobile, high firepower air defense system
for the Marine expeditionary forces. The system uses the High Mobility
Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle as its platform and the AIM-120 AMRAAM as its
interceptor. This program is part of IDS' Integrated Air Defense Systems
product line and will be the first block fielded as the Marine variant to the
Army/Marine Ground Launched AMRAAM common launcher program.
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. armed forces and the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency, Integrated Defense Systems provides integrated solutions for the air,
surface and subsurface battlespace.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2003 sales of $18.1 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 Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs more than
78,000 people worldwide.
Contact
Steve Brecken
781.522.5127
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
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