- Anti-swarm capability key goal of collaborative
work
- With Photo
LONDON, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN), acting through its Missile Systems business,
and Chemring Group (LSE: CHG) are finalizing plans to conduct a
live missile firing of the multirole CENTURION® launcher at the
Defence Training Estate on Salisbury Plain during the fourth
quarter of 2013.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130716/NE46719 )
"Our plan is to launch a missile to help prove our capability
against a maneuvering surface threat such as a fast, swarming
attack craft," said Rick Nelson,
vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval and Area Mission
Defence product line. "Chemring's CENTURION® launcher, coupled with
a number of Raytheon's combat-tested missiles, brings an entirely
new dimension to ship self-defence to provide a sea-based,
inside-the-horizon platform protection system."
Low Cost Anti-Surface Weapon System
The solution to
counter fast inshore attack craft consists of a variety of Raytheon
missiles with ranges matched to the intended target. The missiles
would be fired from the Chemring CENTURION® launcher, with initial
target detection, tracking and identification provided by the
ship's sensors.
"This progression towards integrating CENTURION® with Raytheon
missiles to deliver a low-cost, effective and versatile solution to
increase naval platform protection is a significant milestone,"
said Mark Papworth, chief executive
of Chemring Group. "This multimission single-launch platform
solution can be installed on a wide variety of surface ships and
provides defensive protection in both blue water and the littorals,
contributing to the layered defence philosophy against a wide range
of threats."
About Chemring
Chemring is a market leading
manufacturing business supplying high technology electronics and
energetic products to over 60 countries around the world. Chemring
has a diverse portfolio of products that predominantly protect
military people and platforms, providing insurance against a
constantly changing threat. These range from countermeasures to
protect aircraft, to ground-penetrating radar to protect troops and
vehicles from improvised explosive devices. Chemring maintains
balanced geographic and market profiles, with a growing presence in
non-NATO countries. Strong research and development investment for
new products and improvements in technology allows Chemring to
expand its addressable markets. For more information, please visit
www.chemring.co.uk.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2012 sales of
$24 billion and 68,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defence, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a
history of innovation spanning 91 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 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.
Media Contacts
Raytheon Company
Missile Systems
London
John Patterson
+1.520.440.2194
Louisville, Ky.
John Eagles
+1.502.364.6768
rmspr@raytheon.com
Chemring Group
Salisbury, U.K.
Steve
Kerchey
+44 (0) 1722 428636
info@chemringcm.com
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