TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has achieved two significant milestones on the Cobra
Judy Replacement program, meeting critical performance requirements
to advance ongoing system integration. For the first time, the
company demonstrated the full-power radiation capability with the
high sensitivity CJR shipboard X- and S-band active phased-array
radars. In addition, both the X-band and S-band radars successfully
acquired and tracked satellites under the control of the CJR common
radar suite controller. Both critical firsts were realized at sea
during testing onboard the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM
25).
"These operational successes validate the exceptional design of
these radars and significantly advance our progress toward
completing integration," said U.S. Navy Captain Rod Wester, CJR program manager, Program
Executive Office – Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS 2I). "The
dedication of the Raytheon-led team and their experience with
large-scale radar development and integration was evident as we
worked together to achieve these critical milestones."
The milestones are the latest in a series of achievements for
this true dual-band, active phased-array radar suite. In late 2011,
Raytheon completed the shipboard installation of CJR mission
equipment at Kiewit Offshore Services (KOS), Corpus Christi, Texas, ahead of plan.
Shipboard testing of the X-band and S-band arrays with the common
radar suite controller commenced directly thereafter and continued
as part of the preparation for these critical operational
exercises.
The program's success can be attributed to the collaborative
working relationship among Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and the Navy,
all executing to a robust incremental development, integration and
testing strategy as they advance toward delivery in 2013.
About CJR
Integrated onboard this complex, mission-critical platform, the
massive X- and S-band active phased-array antennas of CJR are each
approximately four stories tall and weigh more than 500,000 pounds.
The mission of the CJR program is to provide the government with
long-loiter ballistic missile data collection capability. Its
dual-band radar suite consists of X- and S-band phased-array
sensors, a common radar suite controller and other related mission
equipment.
Raytheon is the prime contractor for the CJR mission equipment
and principal on an industry team that includes Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems, General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, and KOS.
The team has been a model of collaboration, focused on the delivery
of a high-performing shipboard radar capability that the U.S. Navy
can rely upon as a critical fleet asset.
Work on the CJR program is primarily performed at Raytheon
Integrated Defense Systems' Surveillance and Sensors Center,
Sudbury, Mass.; Northrop Grumman
Electronic Systems, Baltimore,
Md.; and Kiewit Offshore Services. The T-AGM 25 ship was
built for the Navy by VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss.
Raytheon's Radar Expertise
Raytheon's skill and experience working with large-scale, active
phased-array radars spans the frequency spectrum and dates back to
the original Cobra Judy and Early Warning Radar programs -- and
continues today with the advanced Dual Band Radar, AN/TPY-2 and
Cobra Judy Replacement programs.
The company has a long heritage of developing and producing some
of the world's most capable air and missile defense radars, dating
back to the 1940s. Raytheon has produced more than 1.8 million AESA
(active electronically scanned array) T/R modules to date and has
decades of experience working with adaptive beamforming
technologies. Raytheon is also the industry leader in
high-performance GaN technology.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2011 sales of $25
billion and 71,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and
other government markets throughout the world. With a history of
innovation spanning 90 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 Contact
Carolyn
Beaudry
+1.401.842.3550
idspr@raytheon.com
SOURCE Raytheon Company