GOLETA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $93 million contract option for performance
based logistics (PBL) support of its ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receiver system
for the U.S. Navy. The ALR-67(V)3, which is the state-of-the-art radar warning
receiver on U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F carrier-based tactical aircraft, continues to
successfully support Navy troops in Middle East operations.
The award was received from the U.S. Navy's Naval Inventory Control Point
(NAVICP), Philadelphia, Pa., and includes five annual PBL support periods. The
contract scope includes total mission support of fielded ALR-67(V)3 systems,
including repairs, spares, reliability and maintainability system
improvements, obsolescence management, and field installation support.
Contract performance is measured based on requirement metrics for availability
and reliability and is managed with a comprehensive, web-based PBL information
management system fully integrated with Navy supply systems.
The award includes provisions for additional spares, which are being
ordered under a separate corresponding production contract with the U.S.
Navy's Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. The option award follows
six annual support periods ordered under the initial $58.5 million PBL
contract, which began in 1999.
"Our PBL structure developed for the ALR-67(V)3 has been referred to as
'the gold standard'," stated Pat Hurley, vice president and general manager,
Raytheon Electronic Warfare Systems. "It has resulted in our consistently
exceeding availability and reliability requirements critical to providing
mission support to the warfighter."
The ALR-67(V)3 system provides advanced techniques to detect and identify
threat radar emitters, thereby enhancing the survivability of aircraft
equipped with the system. A total of 284 radar warning receivers plus spares
has now been ordered under the overall production program. Future
international sales of the system are also possible. Work on the radar warning
receiver system is being done at Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems
business by its Electronic Warfare Systems organization in Goleta, Calif.,
with support provided by facilities in El Segundo, Calif., Forest, Miss., and
McKinney, Texas.
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) is the leading provider of
sensor systems giving warfighters the most accurate and timely information
available for the network-centric battlefield. With 2004 revenues of $4
billion and 13,000 employees, SAS is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., with
additional facilities in Goleta, Calif.; Forest, Miss.; Dallas, McKinney and
Plano, Texas; and several international locations.
Raytheon Company, with 2004 sales of $20.2 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.
Rear Admiral Michael S. Roesner is the Commander of NAVICP, which is the
largest field activity of the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP). NAVICP
procures, manages, and supplies spare parts of Naval aircraft, submarines and
ships worldwide. NAVICP is responsible for more than 400,000 items of supply,
$21 billion of inventory and annual sales of $4.2 billion. It has two
locations, one in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia and the
other in Mechanicsburg, just outside Harrisburg, PA.
Contact:
Ron Colman
805.879.2041
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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