MCKINNEY, Texas, Nov. 16, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) was recently awarded an $8.6 million contract to provide the APS-
134LW radar hardware to Toshiba for subsequent delivery to the Japan Air Self
Defense Force (JASDF).
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) will deliver seven receiver-
exciter-synchronizer-processors and four antenna gimbals under a fixed price,
follow-on production contract from Toshiba. The work will be managed and
manufactured at the company's McKinney, Texas, location.
The APS-134LW radar is part of Raytheon's SeaVue family of maritime and
littoral surveillance mission systems. As such, the APS-134LW provides high
performance capabilities in navigation, weather, long-range search, and small
target detection to support JASDF's SAR (search and rescue) mission
applications.
"The APS-134LW and the entire SeaVue line are high performance, long
proven and accurate maritime surveillance radar," remarked Bill Manson,
Raytheon's Japan program manager for Maritime Surveillance Radar. "We are
pleased to continue this partnership with Toshiba and assure mission success
for the JASDF international customer."
Raytheon's co-product partnership with Toshiba provides the APS-134LW as
the basis of what JASDF calls the APQ-2 Radar. Toshiba is supplying the radar
transmitter and antenna reflector for the APQ-2, which is installed on the
JASDF U-125A (Hawker 800) aircraft. Raytheon also supports Toshiba with yearly
spares, repairs and technical support.
"JASDF requires a quality, dependable radar system for its search and
rescue efforts," said Mr. Yoshihiro Sano, manager of Air Defense and Defense
R&D Marketing Department, Toshiba Corporation. "Raytheon's APS-134LW offers
the systems reliability and capability our customer needs to be successful in
such a vital mission."
Raytheon 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.
Contact
Dave Desilets
972-952-2239 office
David_C_Desilets@raytheon.com
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