Patriot delivers another flawless performance in Japan test firings

The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) has successfully completed yet another series of test firings of Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) Patriot Air and Missile Defense System at McGregor Range, N.M. The Annual Service Practice included target engagement and firings of Patriot in stressing tactical mission scenarios. „Raytheon is committed to supporting our partners in maintaining … Dowiedz się więcej

Standard Missile-3 IIA completes Critical Design Review

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and its Japanese partner, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, have completed the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA guided missile Critical Design Review (CDR). The CDR verified that the missile’s design will meet the stringent, specific operational performance requirements necessary to defeat the projected threats. The SM-3 Block IIA will defeat incoming ballistic missile … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon, US Air Force complete series of SDB II test flights

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Air Force concluded a series of test flights with the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) culminating in direct hits on targets moving at operationally representative speeds. Earlier supporting tests were performed in a multitude of different environments and scenarios, key to maturing seeker algorithms and validating the … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon completes initial delivery of IFF transponders for the Republic of Korea’s newest utility military helicopters

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed the first delivery of APX-119 Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transponders for the Republic of Korea Army’s Surion helicopter, the utility helicopter built by Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. The IFF transponders provide military aircraft with a secure combat identification capability to reduce fratricide and enhance situational awareness, in addition … Dowiedz się więcej

Upgrades boost ballistic missile defense radar’s performance to protect against missile raid

Ballistic missile raids — large numbers of simultaneously launched weapons — may soon have a tougher time penetrating allied air defenses. Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has started upgrading the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar’s signal and data processing equipment (SDPE) to enable the „brains” of the radar to more quickly and accurately discriminate threats from … Dowiedz się więcej

Raytheon produces new US Army satellite communications terminals ahead of schedule

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), the only provider of fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite communication terminals that protect the most sensitive military information, has completed production on 39 new terminals for the U.S. Army ahead of schedule. Since production began in 2007, 67 percent have been deployed to the field. The Army uses the … Dowiedz się więcej