FARNBOROUGH, England, July 16,
2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Early in 2018, U.S. Marine Corps F-35B
Lightning II fighters deployed to the Pacific aboard the USS Wasp
amphibious assault ship, and used Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN)
Intelligence, Information and Services business's Joint Precision
Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to guide them onto the ship's
deck in all weather and surface conditions up to the rough waters
of Sea State 5.
The system allows precise landings through GPS receivers and an
encrypted, jam-proof datalink.
"We're asking our pilots to land in some of the most difficult
conditions on Earth," said U.S. Navy Captain B. Joseph Hornbuckle III, program manager, Naval
Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office. "JPALS goes a long
way toward ensuring the safety of our aircrews and the success of
our missions."
JPAL's precision navigation is equally effective ashore. A
land-based version of the system can be small enough to be either
dropped into an austere environment via parachute or driven in on a
trailer.
"Deploying with the F-35 is a good start, but it's just the
beginning," said Matt Gilligan,
Raytheon vice president of Navigation, Weather and Services. "There
are many fixed and rotary wing aircraft around the world and across
the services that deploy to harsh, low-visibility environments
where JPALS would be extremely valuable."
The system is slated to go into production in 2019. To learn
more about JPALS, visit us here.
About Raytheon
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$25 billion and 64,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5ITM products
and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers
in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
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