Raytheon's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful in Missile Defense Test

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Raytheon's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful in Missile Defense Test
    TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 29, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- The Terminal High
Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
performed successfully in the latest integrated THAAD flight test conducted
by the Missile Defense Agency and THAAD prime contractor, Lockheed Martin,
at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii Oct. 27.
    The test resulted in the successful intercept of an "exoatmospheric"
(outside the Earth's atmosphere), unitary target over the Pacific Ocean and
demonstrated fully integrated radar, launcher, fire control, missile and
engagement functions of the THAAD weapon system.
    "For the third time this year, Raytheon's THAAD components have
demonstrated outstanding performance in a critical missile defense test,"
said Pete Franklin, vice president, National & Theater Security Programs,
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "This latest success confirms the
THAAD's ability to protect our nation's vital assets and moves us closer to
putting a reliable and affordable terminal missile defense capability into
the hands of our warfighters."
    The THAAD radar, a key component for missile defense developed by
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, achieved all test objectives:
acquiring the target, discriminating the lethal object, providing track and
discrimination data to the fire control and communicating with the
in-flight THAAD interceptor. The fire control software, jointly developed
by Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, also performed successfully, engaging the
target and initializing the launch sequence.
    Raytheon's THAAD radar is a phased array, capable of search, threat
detection, classification, discrimination and precision tracking at
extremely long ranges. THAAD is a key element of the Missile Defense
Agency's Ballistic Missile Defense System, providing to any combatant
commander deployable ground-based missile defense components that deepen,
extend and complement the system to defeat ballistic missiles of
short-to-intermediate range. THAAD's combination of high-altitude,
long-range capability and hit-to-kill lethality enables it to effectively
negate the effects of weapons of mass destruction over a wide area.
    Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland
Security.
    Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85
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 73,000 people worldwide.
    Contact:
    Joyce Melikian
    339.645.6967
SOURCE Raytheon Company
http://www.raytheon.com
CONTACT:
Joyce Melikian of Raytheon Company,
+1-339-645-6967