OTTAWA, Nov. 28, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Canada, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has been awarded a contract valued
at approximately $12 million (Euro 10 million) by the Royal Netherlands Navy
and the Coast Guard of the Netherlands Antilles & Aruba (CGNA&A) to build an
integrated coastal surveillance radar network on the islands of Aruba, Bonaire
and Curacao, including long-term maintenance and training.
The system will enable the precision monitoring of marine traffic in the
waters around the Dutch Caribbean. It will be used primarily for search and
rescue and drug interdiction, but it will also help combat illegal
immigration.
The baseline system consists of eight radar sites equipped with a single
command and control center based at the CGNA&A's rescue and coordination
center in Curacao. Each site is composed of a Raytheon Canada Marine Small
Target Tracker, Terma Scanter 2001 Radar from Terma of Denmark, wireless
communications and physical infrastructure. The command and control center
will be provided by HITT Traffic of The Netherlands.
"This contract highlights Raytheon's industry leadership in coastal
surveillance, advanced signal processing, and small target tracking
technology," said Ron Fisher, president and CEO of Raytheon Canada. "We're
delighted to team with HITT to create and design this complex system for the
coast guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Our Waterloo facility has
provided strong leadership on this project."
Raytheon's Airspace Management and Homeland Security business area offers
a broad range of automation and surveillance systems that are in use today in
more than 50 countries around the world. The breadth of Raytheon's systems
includes automation, communication, navigation and surveillance. Products are
available to both civil and military markets.
Investing in Canada since the 1950s, Raytheon Canada employs 1400 people
at multiple sites in Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Ontario,
serving the aerospace and defense sectors with a broad range of high
technology products and services.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), 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:
Corinne Kovalsky (Canada)
613.233.4121
Lynford Morton (U.S.)
703.284.4446
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com
CONTACT:
Corinne Kovalsky (Canada), +1-613-233-4121,
or Lynford Morton (U.S.), +1-703-284-4446, both of Raytheon
Company
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