Raytheon Expands its Joint Fires Demonstration Program Across the Joint Battlespace

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Raytheon Expands its Joint Fires Demonstration Program Across the Joint Battlespace
    TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 27, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN), led by its Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business, will conduct
its third demonstration of a multi-theater, multi-service Single Integrated
Air Picture (SIAP) capability in December as it expands its Joint Fires
(JFires) program.
    Highlights of JFires Demo 3 will be multiple integrated fire control
engagements by U.S. Army SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range
Air-to-Air Missile), U.S. Navy Standard Missiles-2 and 3, and ESSM (Evolved
Sea Sparrow Missile) interceptors -- all built by Raytheon -- against
simulated cruise and ballistic missile threats.
    JFires combines high fidelity, large-scale digital simulations with
tactically representative "hardware-in-the-loop" facilities. It uses an
operational Northeast Asia-3 scenario as prescribed by JSSEO (Joint Single
Integrated Air Picture Engineering Organization). Earlier demonstrations in
August and October produced a joint SIAP with a variety of service sensors
in two interrelated theaters of operation, including defense of the
homeland against long-range ICBM threats.
    The SIAP foundation is established using Raytheon's Tactical Component
Network (R), which has been enhanced to work with existing air picture
networks while sharing identification and associated attributes across the
composite network. As a result, new capabilities have emerged including
network-based cueing and sensor resource management.
    JFires was established to create an open architecture infrastructure to
accelerate critical fielding of warfighter technology, providing improved
interoperability. "JFires represents Raytheon's continued commitment to
achieve affordable warfighter capability. It offers a significant
acceleration in SIAP for joint forces," said Rick Yuse, vice president of
IDS' Integrated Air Defense.
    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 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.
    Note to Editors:
    SIAP is being developed by the Joint SIAP System Engineering
Organization (JSSEO). SIAP allows U.S. military service personnel and
allies to share a single graphical representation of the battlespace. It is
considered a principal means of networking forces together to create a
decisive warfighting advantage.
    The JSSEO's mission is to identify the most effective and efficient
means to achieve a SIAP that satisfies warfighter needs. It does this by
implementing a disciplined systems engineering process that considers the
entire spectrum of alternatives (including training and tactics,
techniques, and procedures) and by developing an incremental approach to
improve command and control of existing systems and the integrated
architectures within which these systems operate.
    Contact:
    Guy Shields
    978.858.5246
SOURCE Raytheon Company
http://www.raytheon.com/
CONTACT:
Guy Shields of Raytheon Company,
+1-978-858-5246