ANDOVER, Mass., Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company [NYSE: RTN] finished building the first radar antenna
array for the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense
Sensor. Raytheon completed the work less than 120 days after the
U.S. Army selected Raytheon to build LTAMDS, a next-generation
radar that will defeat advanced threats like hypersonic
weapons.
"Raytheon's employees and partners are focused on delivering the
first LTAMDS by the Army's Urgent Material Release date because we
know how important expanded battlespace coverage and other
capabilities are to the men and women in uniform," said
Tom Laliberty, vice president of
Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense
Systems business. "Because we invested in cutting-edge radar
technology and advanced manufacturing capability, we will meet the
customer's critical milestones and get LTAMDS in the field
rapidly."
The newly built primary array, similar in size to the
Patriot™ radar array, will provide more than twice its performance.
Following extensive testing, the radar array will be mounted
on a precision-machined enclosure for integration and further
evaluation. The enclosure utilizes advanced design and
manufacturing techniques for accelerated manufacture to support the
U.S. Army's Urgent Materiel Release program.
Raytheon is working closely with hundreds of suppliers across 42
states, including a core team playing a strategic role in
building the LTAMDS solution. They are:
- Crane Aerospace & Electronics
- Cummings Aerospace
- IERUS Technologies
- Kord Technologies
- Mercury Systems
- nLogic
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2019 sales
of $29 billion and 70,000 employees,
is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense,
civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 98 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
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