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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Finnish Defence Forces awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a contract to procure PhantomIRxr(®) thermal biocular systems. The biocular uses thermal imaging to pinpoint targets through darkness, smoke and dust. The bioculars will be on display at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX). (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130218/NE61270 ) Since 2011, Raytheon has supplied Finnish...
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Hovercrafts will zoom across land, scientists will mix beakers full of colorful eruptions, and students will "re-engineer" their schools - as Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) kicks off its nationwide celebration of National Engineers Week (Feb. 17-23). The weeklong festivities will showcase the positive impact of engineers on society and bring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) to life for tomorrow's workforce. "National...
ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamonds may no longer be just a girl's best friend. Sixty years after Marilyn Monroe's musical ode to them, the military is showing interest in the synthetic version of these classic gems. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/NE60595 ) Sheets of laboratory-grown diamond, combined with the semiconductor gallium nitride (GaN), could someday become the core of future-generation radar, communications and electronic warfare...
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), together with teammate Thales Visionix Inc. (TVI), has won an award valued at $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems for the U.S. Army's Air Soldier Program. Under the contract, the RTSC/TVI team will perform systems engineering to adapt TVI's popular Scorpion(®) helmet...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) will once again have a major presence at the International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) trade show in Abu Dhabi. The company will display a range of new products and technology at the 2013 edition of the exhibition. An international technology leader, Raytheon will be highlighting capabilities across its diverse portfolio of innovative technologies in four key markets: sensing,...
MADRID, Feb. 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is running demonstrations of its TowerTrac integrated NextGen airport tower system for the first time before an international audience at the World ATM Congress. The system improves the efficiency, capacity and safety of airport operations by networking data that can be shared by controllers, pilots, ramp operators and other airport users. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130214/NE59759) Among its...
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI's Predator(®) B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon's Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD(®)). With the Ground Verification Test phase completed November 2012 at GA-ASI's Gray Butte Flight Operations Facility in...
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii, Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) Standard Missile-3 Block IA fired from the USS Lake Erie destroyed a medium-range ballistic missile (MRBM) target using tracking data from a remote Raytheon sensor payload on the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrator (STSS-D) satellites. "This test further expands our confidence in the SM-3's ability to engage targets using remote, netted sensor targeting," said...
DOWNEY, Calif., Feb. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has released a mobile app for first responders that provides reliable and secure real-time communications, situational awareness and a suite of robust collaboration capabilities for groups of users on smartphones, tablets and mobile data computers. One Force(®) Mobile Collaboration is a complete end-to-end system. "Developed and tested in Southern California, One Force received input during the product...
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) Javelin Joint Venture recently demonstrated the ability of the Javelin missile to engage targets beyond its current maximum range requirements during a series of tests at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. During the U.S. Army tests, the Javelin system acquired and engaged targets up to 4,750 meters. "These tests prove that, under favorable conditions, Javelin can have reliable, solid...
