TUCSON, Ariz., April 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Air Force completed three
successful Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) program reviews prior to
a mid-May Milestone C decision.
During March and April, the SDB II team successfully completed a
functional configuration audit, a production readiness review and a
system verification review (SVR). A successful Milestone C brief
and decision clears the way for low rate initial production (LRIP)
in 2015 for SDB II.
"Raytheon has fully tested SDB II and verified that we meet or
exceed the requirements necessary for a Lot 1 production decision
laid out in the specifications provided by the U.S. government,"
said Jim Sweetman, SDB II program
director for Raytheon Missile Systems. "Every success moves us one
step closer to delivering this game-changing capability to our U.S.
warfighters."
The functional configuration audit, which took place at Raytheon
Missile Systems' Tucson facility,
assessed SDB II's functionality. The audit also verified through
rigorous testing and documentation that SDB II is in compliance
with the approved design. The production readiness review
successfully proved that the current design of SDB II is ready for
production, and the SVR was a product and process assessment to
determine that SDB II is ready for LRIP.
The SDB II program will enter production after a successful
Milestone C decision, and in the coming months will enter a focused
Government Confidence Testing period, followed by operational test
in 2016.
About SDB II
SDB II employs Raytheon's unprecedented tri-mode seeker. The new
seeker operates in multi-attack modes: millimeter-wave radar,
uncooled imaging infrared and semi-active laser. These sensors
enable the weapon to seek and destroy targets, both moving and
stationary, even in adverse weather conditions from standoff
ranges.
SDB II can strike targets from a range of more than 40 nautical
miles, with a dynamic warhead that can destroy both soft and
armored targets, while keeping collateral damage to a minimum
through a small explosive footprint. The highly accurate SDB II
offers warfighters the flexibility to change targets after release
through a secure datalink that passes in-flight updates to the
weapon.
The Department of Defense has validated SDB II as a weapon that
meets a critical warfighter need and has invested more than
$700 million in the SDB II
program.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23
billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, security and civil
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning
93 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 cyber security and a broad range of mission
support services. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit
us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
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