Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar

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Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar
    TEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec. 11, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has shipped ahead of schedule and under budget the second Ballistic
Missile Defense System (BMDS) Forward Based X-Band Transportable (FBX-T)
radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Vandenberg Air Force Base,
Calif., for final testing and acceptance.
    "With the completion of the factory testing and acceptance of the
second FBX-T radar, we've taken another significant step toward
implementing an effective capability to protect the U.S., deployed forces
and allies from ballistic missile threats," said Pete Franklin, vice
president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Missile Defense
Business Area. "Raytheon's BMDS program is leading the way, providing
advanced sensor capabilities and enhanced affordability."
    Raytheon IDS, which was awarded a BMDS radar contract by the MDA in
April 2003, delivered the first FBX-T radar under budget and ahead of
schedule in November 2004. The radar, currently deployed in Japan, is the
first new MDA system to be developed and deployed as an operational asset
outside the U.S.
    Raytheon IDS designed and built the FBX-T radar by drawing on extensive
sensor knowledge from its X-Band "Family of Radars." The FBX-T is a high-
power, transportable X-Band radar designed to detect, track and
discriminate ballistic missile threats early in flight, maximizing the
capability of the BMDS to identify, assess and engage threats to the U.S.,
deployed forces and allies.
    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, 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.
     Contact:
     Joyce Melikian
     339.645.6967
SOURCE Raytheon Company