LONDON, Sept. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) has just
secured a contract to supply the Military Approach and Surveillance System
(MASS) for the Royal Netherlands Air Force.
    The contract, valued at euro 41 million, is a turnkey programme calling
for five Primary Radars, five Secondary Radars, a Centralised Automation
System and all of the necessary civil works including a communications
infrastructure.  The programme is scheduled to be completed within
three years.
    RSL is the prime contractor and will be supplying its Secondary
Surveillance Radar from its Harlow, UK, facility.  This is the first contract
in which the company's latest-generation of European Mode-S technology will be
utilised in a military system.  The Primary Radar will be supplied by Raytheon
Systems Canada Limited and the Air Traffic Management system will come from
Raytheon Company's C3I business in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
    The MASS programme calls for the replacement of an existing military air
traffic control system with the primary and secondary radars being installed
at Woensdrecht, Soesterberg, Twenthe, Volkel and Leeuwarden.  Raytheon's
AutoTrac ATM system will be located at Nieuw Milligen.
    Mick Reeve, ATC Business Executive at RSL, said, "We were delighted to win
the contract for this important turnkey programme which demonstrates once
again Raytheon's leading capability in air traffic management systems.  This
new military system is the second major ATM capability within The Netherlands
to be supplied by Raytheon following the commissioning of the civil Amsterdam
Advanced Air Traffic Control System at Schiphol International Airport."
    Raytheon Systems Limited is the UK-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company.
With around 1,700 employees throughout the UK, RSL services both defence and
commercial markets.  It is a major supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence and
has won programmes such as ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar) and SIFF
(Successor Identification Friend or Foe).  The company also participates as a
team player in bids for other programmes such as the Royal Navy's Future
Carrier (CVF).  RSL also designs, develops and manufactures ATC radar,
identification systems and anti-jam navigation systems.  It is a specialist
supplier of semiconductors and power modules, manufacturing complex electronic
systems, sub-systems and assemblies, and undertakes aircraft servicing and
modification.

    With headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts, Raytheon Company is a
global technology leader in defence, government, and commercial electronics,
and business and special mission aircraft.

    For information:
    Mike Brown
    Tel: +44-20-75695517
    mike.brown@raytheon.co.uk

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