TUCSON, Ariz., Sept. 30, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) successfully fired its new Excalibur N5 projectile
during a recent live guided flight test at Yuma Proving Ground,
Ariz.
A company-funded initiative, Excalibur N5 is a 5-inch/127 mm
naval variant of the combat-proven Excalibur precision projectile
used by the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marine Corps and several
international armies. It is expected to more than triple the
maximum effective range of conventional naval gun munitions and
deliver the same pinpoint accuracy of the Excalibur Ib, which is in
production today.
"Excalibur N5's range, precision and lethality will
revolutionize naval gunfire and increase the offensive firepower of
our Navy's destroyers and cruisers," said Duane Gooden, vice president of Raytheon's Land
Warfare Systems product line. "This demonstration showcases the
N5's maturity as a proven low-risk solution, and is ready for the
Navy now."
Excalibur N5 can be used to support several critical mission
areas including Naval Surface Fire Support, Anti-Surface Warfare
(ASuW) and countering Fast Attack Craft (FAC).
"With the significant amount of re-use from the Army's Excalibur
program, the N5 provides the Navy with an affordable, direct path
to employ a critical capability," said Gooden. "We continue to
build on Excalibur's unmatched reliability and performance by
investing in a fire-and-forget, dual-mode seeker that will vastly
improve the 5-inch gun's current ASuW and counter-FAC
capability."
About Excalibur
Excalibur is a precision-guided, extended-range projectile that
uses GPS guidance to provide accurate, first-round effects
capability in any environment. By using Excalibur's level of
precision, there is a major reduction in the time, cost and
logistical burden associated with using other artillery
munitions.
- Combat proven: Nearly 770 Excalibur rounds have been
fired in combat with exceptional accuracy and lethality
- Precise: Excalibur consistently strikes less than two
meters from a precisely-located target
- Responsive: Excalibur dramatically reduces mission
response time
- Safe: Excalibur's precision practically eliminates
collateral damage and has been employed within 75 meters of
supported troops
- Affordable: With its first round effects, Excalibur
reduces total mission cost and time and the user's logistics
burden
- Evolving: Raytheon is adding a laser spot tracker to
compensate for target location error, maintain precision in GPS
denied or degraded environments, and enable engagement of relocated
or moving targets
- Entering New Markets: With Excalibur N5, navies will be
able to deliver extended range, precision naval surface fires
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.
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