TUCSON, Ariz., Oct. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's
(NYSE: RTN) Missile Systems business has completed the development
of its 3rd Generation Commander's Primary Sight ahead of the U.S.
Army's anticipated Improved FLIR lethality engineering change
proposal for the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
"What sets our Commander's Primary Sight apart from others is
Raytheon's coordinated reuse of existing Bradley vehicle components
and interfaces," said Duane Gooden,
vice president of Raytheon's Land Warfare Systems product line.
"The CPS is an example of Raytheon's ability to provide a low-risk
engineering and manufacturing path for upgrading combat vehicle
sensors to 3rd Generation technology, sustaining the Army's combat
overmatch for the future."
Raytheon's CPS is an integrated Electro/Optic system that
provides a 3rd Generation, dual-band thermal imager and a
high-definition color camera. Other features include:
- Eye-safe laser range finder
- Laser designator
- Visible and infrared laser pointers
- Line-of-sight director.
"Raytheon's CPS provides the Army's Bradley vehicle commander a
360-degree, panoramic viewing capability to detect, recognize and
identify targets at extended ranges in all conditions," said
Gooden. "The CPS also provides precision far-target location
capabilities, which allows the system to hand that information off
to GPS-guided weapon systems."
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23
billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government and
cybersecurity 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 cybersecurity and a broad
range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in
Waltham, Mass. For more about
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