TUCSON, Ariz., Dec. 8, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company-led team
completed a series of sled and arena and fuse sled tests, successfully
demonstrating a low-cost lethality solution for its Advanced Precision Kill
Weapon System II (APKWS II) design.
Testing was performed from August to November by the Energetic Materials
Research and Testing Center, a division of the New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology in Socorro, N.M. These tests validated that the Raytheon team's
APKWS II design meets the performance and lethality requirements using an "off
the shelf," non-development fuse for initiation of the non-development "off
the shelf" warhead -- a key cost savings for the U.S. Army customer.
"This test validated the initiation and lethality of the current 2.75-inch
rocket fuse and warhead with a laser seeker on the front end," said Raytheon
APKWS II capture manager Richard Janik. "This critical technical
accomplishment significantly reduces our APKWS II risk and highlights the
Raytheon team's readiness to deliver this much needed capability to our
nation's warfighters."
APKWS II will be a multi-service, multi-user, multi-platform system
designed to engage and destroy stationary, re-locatable and moving targets,
ranging from buildings and bunkers to tactical vehicles. The weapon is also
optimized to fight in today's urban and complex terrain environment and to
destroy small naval targets such as patrol craft.
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:
Sara Hammond
520.794.7810
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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