Raytheon Awarded Paveway IV Weapon Integration Contract for U.K. RAF Tornado GR4

(Harlow, UK, February 20, 2008) -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) United Kingdom-based subsidiary has been awarded a contract to support the integration and flight trials of the Paveway(tm) IV dual mode precision guided bomb onto the U.K. Royal Air Force Tornado GR4/4A. The contract is valued at GBP8.5 million, or about $16.6 million.

Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL) is now under contract to integrate Paveway IV on all U.K. strike platforms including Harrier GR9/9A (successfully completed in August 2007), F-35B Lightening II (Joint Combat Aircraft), and Eurofighter Typhoon.

Integration on the Tornado GR4 is scheduled for completion in 2010. The program will focus on providing weapon system performance documentation, advice to the development of the aircraft stores management systems, and flight clearance of the weapon onto the aircraft. In support of the flight trials and certification program, RSL will provide BAE Systems with the required trials hardware and weapon system simulators. RSL's partner in the U.S., Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., will supply the enhanced computer control group, telemetry sub-systems, instrumentation, test equipment and associated support.

Tobin Touchstone, director of Precision Systems at RSL, said: "The Tornado GR4 was the first platform to integrate Raytheon's highly successful Enhanced Paveway II. We are confident that the U.K.'s Royal Air Force will be delighted with the expanded capability that Paveway IV has to offer. We are also excited about the potential export opportunities the Paveway IV integration program will provide."

Source : Raytheon

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