MCKINNEY, Texas, June 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy
has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a multi-year contract
valued at $153 million to produce 53
maritime, littoral and overland surveillance radars for its fleet
of Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft.
The AN/APY-10 delivers accurate and actionable information in
all weather, day and night, for anti-submarine and anti-surface
warfare, and for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
missions. It offers a dedicated periscope detection mode,
long-range detection and classification of maritime targets, and
synthetic aperture for overland surveillance.
"The AN/APY-10 is a product of our nearly five decades of
experience in developing and delivering innovative maritime and
overland surveillance radars," said Jerry
Powlen, vice president of Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Systems for Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems
business. "We look forward to working with the U.S. Navy to deliver
this system now and into the future."
To date, Raytheon has delivered 36 of 58 AN/APY-10 radars
previously ordered by the U. S. Navy and is now under contract to
produce 53 additional systems for the Navy's P-8A fleet and the
Royal Australian Air Force.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23
billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and
cybersecurity markets throughout the world. With a history of
innovation spanning 93 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 cybersecurity and a broad
range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered
in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit us
at www.raytheon.com and follow us on
Twitter @Raytheon.
Raytheon Company
Space and Airborne Systems
McKinney, Texas
Media Contact
B.J.
Boling
+1.682.401.0461
SASPR@Raytheon.com
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