Team JCA Signs Logistics Partnership Agreement with U.S. Army

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Team JCA Signs Logistics Partnership Agreement with U.S. Army
    EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 19, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- The Team JCA
partnership of Raytheon and EADS CASA North America has established a
public-private partnership agreement with Letterkenny Army Depot in
Pennsylvania to work together on a logistics approach to the Joint Cargo
Aircraft program.
    "Our goal is to provide a comprehensive support solution that meets the
needs of both the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force for JCA," said Jim Hvizd,
Team JCA vice president. "This agreement will allow us to work in
partnership to develop logistics approaches to satisfy both mission
requirements."
    The Joint Cargo Aircraft is a joint Army and Air Force program that
will provide ground forces with an intratheater lift capability to haul
important cargo and troops to support combat operations. Team JCA is
offering the combat-proven C-295 transport aircraft for the JCA
requirement. The C-295 is in service with coalition partners around the
world and is the only combat-proven and FAA-certified aircraft being
offered for the JCA program.
    Under the agreement, Team JCA would work with Letterkenny to define the
Army's maintenance requirements. "Agreements like this one are beneficial
not only to the taxpayer but to the warfighter," said Col. Robert A.
Swenson, Letterkenny Army Depot commander. "They identify and build on each
partner's strengths, lowering the cost of products and services and
improving operational efficiencies. Signing this agreement with Raytheon is
consistent with the spirit of the Army's goal to empower and develop
partnerships."
    The agreement is the first of four that Team JCA expects to sign with
the Army and Air Force during the coming weeks.
    Team JCA's military aircraft fleet is supported by a worldwide
operations and logistics network. Support personnel are stationed at JCA
locations in more than 30 countries.
    Team JCA's military aircraft has the highest operational availability
in its class and provides the lowest cost of ownership. The mission
capability rating of the aircraft exceeds the requirement of the program as
well as the reliability rating of its competitors. Reliability,
availability and maintainability are based on more than 850,000 military
mission flight hours.
    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:
    Lorenzo Cortes
    310.503.3089
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
Lorenzo Cortes of Raytheon Company,
+1-310-503-3089