TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 23, 2008 MA-Raytheon-SLAMRAAM
TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 23, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's
(NYSE: RTN) Surface Launched Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile successfully
completed system field integration testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.,
demonstrating interoperability with both Patriot and Avenger weapon systems.
"Successful integration testing will help put this much-needed air defense
capability into our warfighter's hands," said Pete Franklin, vice president
for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' National & Theater Security Programs.
"Interoperability is the key to enhanced situational awareness."
SLAMRAAM demonstrated its ability to form a network of sensor elements
tracking live targets and providing each battlefield element with a common air
picture with fire quality data. Avenger fire units with Stinger missiles under
SLAMRAAM command and control received targeting data directly from the
SLAMRAAM system allowing precise slew-to-cue of the gunner turret to targets.
SLAMRAAM and Patriot exchanged and displayed unit position and air track data
to form a common operational air picture between the two air defense systems.
SLAMRAAM interoperability testing demonstrated that these systems could
work together to cover a large battlespace and allow the most appropriate
weapon to engage a particular threat. SLAMRAAM also demonstrated the ability
to communicate while on the move, maintaining both ground situational
awareness and a live air picture at fire units to support hasty emplacement
and engagements.
"This was a great collaborative effort from the SLAMRAAM contractor and
government team, demonstrating a distributed network in a field environment as
we move away from stovepipe systems to a system that is interoperable with
other air defense systems," said Susan Christiansen, the Army's SLAMRAAM
deputy product manager.
SLAMRAAM is a tailorable, state-of-the-art air defense system that can
defeat current and emerging cruise missile threats and a wide range of air
breathing threats. It provides the warfighter with a system of highly mobile
battlefield elements networked and geographically distributed to provide
integrated fire control capability against airborne threats.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader
specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets
throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86 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 72,000
people worldwide.
Contact:
Maureen Heard
339.645.6664
SOURCE Raytheon Company
