Five Raytheon Cobra Unmanned Aircraft Systems Receive FAA Airworthiness Certification

(Tucson, Ariz., March 15, 2007) -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) in one day received Experimental Airworthiness Certificates from the Federal Aviation Administration for three of its Cobra Unmanned Aircraft Systems, bringing the certified Cobra fleet total to five.

The Experimental Airworthiness Certificates allow Raytheon's flight operations to continue in compliance with recently published FAA policy on unmanned aircraft operations in the National Airspace System.

Cobra is a low-cost, highly reliable unmanned system designed to support Raytheon's development, integration and test of unmanned systems technologies. The aircraft has a wingspan of 10 feet and is 9-feet long. The certification permits Cobra flight operations in a specified section of the National Airspace in Southeastern Arizona. It also authorizes Raytheon to conduct research and development, crew training and market surveys using the Cobra system.

Source : Raytheon

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