MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 19, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has been awarded a $36 million firm-fixed price contract to supply the
Army with 746 multi-band, multi-mission radios.
The radio is used as a satellite communications system that provides
warfighters with enhanced voice and data capabilities for long distance
(beyond line of site) communications. Designated the AN/PSC-5D, the radios
meet the increasingly important need for mobility, flexibility and
connectivity in a single system. They are easily interchangeable between a
manpack version -- those that are carried by a soldier -- and a vehicular
version -- those that are housed in a vehicle. The contract includes 432
vehicular satellite communications-on-the-move kits to transition the
radios from manpack to vehicular configurations.
"This system provides our troops with markedly improved communications
ability in challenging combat conditions," said Jerry Powlen, vice
president of Raytheon Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications
Systems. "We were able to quickly meet a critical customer requirement and
will initiate fielding of these radios in 30 days."
Raytheon Company, 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:
MB Hodgkiss
781.254.3428 (mobile)
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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