Raytheon to continue building ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers for Navy Super Hornet combat aircraft

El SEGUNDO, Calif., 24 May 2011. U.S. Navy leaders needed state-of-the-art radar warning receivers for front-line carrier-based F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet jet fighter-bombers to alert pilots to incoming radar-guided missiles and help them deploy countermeasures. They found their solution from the Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment in El Segundo, Calif.Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) won $84.7 million contract to continue building ALR-67(V)3 digital radar warning avionics for Navy combat aircraft. The contract, awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, was announced today by Raytheon.The ALR-67(V)3 defensive avionics suite combines channelized digital receiver technology with dual processors to detect radar emitters in difficult conditions. The system's advanced architecture is necessary to help defend combat pilots from radar-guided missiles in "increasingly complex combat operations," says Scott Jackson, general manager of the Raytheon electronic warfare systems product line.

Under terms of the contract, Raytheon will start delivering the units in January 2013 from Raytheon factories in Forest, Miss., and McKinney, Texas. For more information contact Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems online at www.raytheon.com/businesses/rsas.