Raytheon-Boeing Team Tests Joint Air-to-Ground Missile Form-Factored Integrated Seeker
October 06 2009 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 6, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE:RTN) and The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) completed a series of
captive carry flight tests of a form-factored tri-mode seeker for
the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile competition. "The test series
demonstrated that Raytheon's form-factored tri-mode seeker and
guidance electronics units are ready to enter prototype missile
builds in preparation for guided missile firings early next year,"
said Bob Francois, Raytheon's vice president of Advanced Missiles
and Unmanned Systems. "The Raytheon-Boeing JAGM system will give
warfighters a capability they have asked for and do not have. JAGM
is an affordable, all-weather weapon capable of defeating a variety
of targets from fixed- and rotary-wing platforms." JAGM will reduce
the U.S. military's logistics footprint by replacing three legacy
missiles currently in the U.S. Army's, Navy's and Marine Corps'
inventories. Along with Boeing's proven airframe, JAGM features
Raytheon's tri-mode seeker. Raytheon's next-generation tri-mode
seeker leverages technology used on the Small Diameter Bomb II and
the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System's improved Precision Attack
Missile. "Boeing's proficiency integrating weapons on platforms
like the Super Hornet and AH-64D Apache Longbow, combined with
Raytheon's seeker expertise, makes our JAGM system the low-risk and
cost-effective solution," said Carl Avila, Boeing's director of
Advanced Weapons and Missile Systems. Raytheon Company, with 2008
sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader
specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning
87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission
systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing;
effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence
systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With
headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 73,000 people
worldwide. A unit of The Boeing Company, Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems is one of the world's largest space and defense businesses
specializing in innovative and capabilities-driven customer
solutions, and the world's largest and most versatile manufacturer
of military aircraft. Headquartered in St. Louis, Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems is a $32 billion business with 70,000 employees
worldwide. Contact: Mike Nachshen 520.794.4088 - office
520.269.5697 - mobile DATASOURCE: Raytheon Company CONTACT: Mike
Nachshen of Raytheon Company, +1-520-794-4088 - office,
+1-520-269-5697 - mobile, Web Site: http://www.raytheon.com/
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