20,000th Enhanced Position Location Reporting System shipped
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has reached a key milestone with the production of its 20,000th
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System. EPLRS is the most widely
deployed, mobile, ad-hoc networking system on the battlefield, providing
simultaneous data, video and situational awareness information.
EPLRS has been in production since 1986 and has been fielded by all
four branches of the U.S. military as well as Canadian forces. Used in
airborne, vehicular, and dismounted applications, EPLRS enables sharing of
tactical situational awareness, command and control information and voice
communication.
"Raytheon's EPLRS provides soldiers with an integrated, affordable
battlefield communications system," said Jerry Powlen, vice president,
Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "It provides
key communications capabilities to coordinate today's tactical military
operations and is interoperable with new battlefield systems as they come
on line."
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a
broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham,
Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Meredith Stoffel
508.490.3149
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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