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Raytheon Ships Second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar to Missile Defense Agency

TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 26, 2007 / / - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has completed all factory acceptance testing on its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar. The company shipped it ahead of schedule and under budget to the Missile Defense Agency at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for final testing and acceptance. Completing this key milestone in the THAAD radar program moves us...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Air Defense System can defeat cruise missiles.

Including AIM-9X, SL-AMRAAM-ER, and AMRAAM missiles, SL-AMRAAM is international surface launched, advanced medium-range air-to-air missile system that provides fully integrated air defense solution. It features combat-proven capability to protect critical assets in maneuver warfare or homeland defense missions. Adaptable air defense system is interoperable with PATRIOT and other air defense...

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Electronic Components & Devices

Skyguard 'AMOUN' Scores Direct Hit in Live Missile Firing Using Raytheon-Upgraded Launcher

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 18 -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE:RTN) Skyguard AMOUN achieved a major milestone with a successful missile firing at a test range near Cairo, Egypt. AMOUN is the Egyptian name for the point- defense system designed to protect high value assets, such as airports and cities. A Skyguard battery consists of two launchers, each with four missiles, two 35 mm guns, and a fire...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful in Second Integrated Flight Test at Pacific Range

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 9, 2007 -- The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) performed successfully in the second integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii April 5. The test resulted in the successful intercept of a mid-endoatmospheric (inside Earth's atmosphere) unitary...

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Laboratory and Research Supplies and Equipment

Raytheon Delivers First Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Systems

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 20, 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) delivered the first four engineering development models of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) to the Department of Homeland Security Nov. 14, four months after the initial contract award. This is a tremendous effort by our Raytheon-led ASP team in a very rapid response to an urgent and critical homeland security need, said Mary...

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Company News

Raytheon, VT Halter Marine and EG&G Team Pursue U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter-B

TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 11, 2008 - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), VT Halter Marine Inc., and EG&G Technical Services have teamed to offer the U.S. Coast Guard a proven, reliable and cost-effective vessel to meet the requirements of the Fast Response Cutter-B (FRC-B) program. VT Halter Marine Inc. is a company of VT Systems Inc., and EG&G Technical Services is a division of URS (NYSE:URS). Raytheon...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Raytheon Purchases Sarcos' Robotics Technologies

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 12, 2007 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has acquired the robotics technologies and capabilities of Sarcos. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Sarcos researches and develops technologies in the advanced field of micro-electro mechanical systems. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With Sarcos we are gaining world-renowned research and development capabilities in...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Raytheon Ships Second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar to Missile Defense Agency

TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 26, 2007 / / - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has completed all factory acceptance testing on its second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar. The company shipped it ahead of schedule and under budget to the Missile Defense Agency at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., for final testing and acceptance. Completing this key milestone in the THAAD radar program moves us...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Air Defense System can defeat cruise missiles.

Including AIM-9X, SL-AMRAAM-ER, and AMRAAM missiles, SL-AMRAAM is international surface launched, advanced medium-range air-to-air missile system that provides fully integrated air defense solution. It features combat-proven capability to protect critical assets in maneuver warfare or homeland defense missions. Adaptable air defense system is interoperable with PATRIOT and other air defense...

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Company News

Raytheon Signs Agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Company

TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 25, 2007 /-- Raytheon Company's (NYSE:RTN) Integrated Defense Systems' President Dan Smith signed an agreement with representatives of Mitsubishi Electric Company (MELCO) that will allow both companies to cooperatively explore global market opportunities in naval radars and combat systems. The signing took place during a short ceremony earlier this week in Japan. The...

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Electronic Components & Devices

Skyguard 'AMOUN' Scores Direct Hit in Live Missile Firing Using Raytheon-Upgraded Launcher

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 18 -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE:RTN) Skyguard AMOUN achieved a major milestone with a successful missile firing at a test range near Cairo, Egypt. AMOUN is the Egyptian name for the point- defense system designed to protect high value assets, such as airports and cities. A Skyguard battery consists of two launchers, each with four missiles, two 35 mm guns, and a fire...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Radar Successful in Second Integrated Flight Test at Pacific Range

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 9, 2007 -- The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) performed successfully in the second integrated flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii April 5. The test resulted in the successful intercept of a mid-endoatmospheric (inside Earth's atmosphere) unitary...

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Company News

General Dynamics Joins Raytheon Team in a Bid for Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System

TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 6, 2007 -- General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), has joined a Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN)-led world-class team in a bid for the U.S. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). Team IBCS will leverage its combined domain expertise while employing innovative, industry-wide best practices to provide the U.S....

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Laboratory and Research Supplies and Equipment

Raytheon Delivers First Advanced Spectroscopic Portal Systems

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 20, 2006 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) delivered the first four engineering development models of the Advanced Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) to the Department of Homeland Security Nov. 14, four months after the initial contract award. This is a tremendous effort by our Raytheon-led ASP team in a very rapid response to an urgent and critical homeland security need, said Mary...

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