PARIS-LE BOURGET, France, June 19,
2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is
developing a smaller, lightweight version of its Multi-Spectral
Targeting System™. The Compact MTS, a 12 inch turret weighing less
than 60 pounds, is designed for exportability and will deliver best
in class electro-optical and infrared sensing performance.
MTS sensors provide detailed intelligence data from the visual
and infrared spectra in the form of high definition full motion
video. The new compact version has the same imaging and targeting
capabilities that have made the MTS product family, including
MTS-A, MTS-B, MTS-C and MTS-D (AN/DAS-4), the sensor of choice for
U.S. military imaging and targeting systems:
- high definition sensors covering the spectral bands from
visible to long wave infrared
- diode pump laser designator/rangefinder
- laser target marker
- automated bore sight alignment
- three mode target tracker
- automated moving target acquisition
- built in provisions for future growth.
"The Compact MTS delivers capabilities of sensors nearly twice
its size at half the weight, making it ideally suited for platforms
where space is at premium," said Roy
Azevedo, vice president of Intelligence, Surveillance and
Reconnaissance Systems at Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems.
"We've taken more than 4 million combat flight hours of experience
and packed them into a compact turret."
Raytheon has delivered more than 3,000 MTS systems on a wide
range of platforms, including: remotely piloted aircraft like the
MQ-9 Reaper, helicopters like the MH-60 Seahawk and fixed-wing
aircraft like C-130J Hercules. MTS delivers superior performance
and reliability at the lowest life-cycle cost.
About Raytheon
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$24 billion and 63,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™ products and
services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers in
more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on
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