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Radar/EW
Reaper UAV to use dismount detection radar from Raytheon - News
July 11, 2012
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom. Raytheon won a U.S. Air Force contract to provide four radar pods equipped with ground moving target indication and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. The pods will be mounted beneath the wings of MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Raytheon officials made the announcement this week during the Farnborough Air Show.
Unmanned
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Navy SM-3 missile from Raytheon takes out ballistic missile target off coast of Hawaii - News
June 29, 2012
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, KAUAI, Hawaii. A Standard Missile-3 Block IB from Raytheon was fired by personnel on the USS Lake Erie and destroyed another ballistic missile target during a recent test, that marked the 21st intercept for the SM-3 program.
A.I.
Quantum computing funding awarded to Raytheon BBN Technologies by IARPA - News
June 26, 2012
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Officials at the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) awarded Raytheon BBN Technologies $2.2 million worth of funding under the Quantum Computer Science (QCS).
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Excalibur fired from record range by Marines in Afghanistan - News
June 14, 2012
AFGHANISTAN. U.S. Marine Corps personnel fired two Excalibur 155mm precision-guided artillery projectiles from a record range of 36 kilometers, or 22.3 statute miles, while in theater in Afghanistan. According to Excalibur producer Raytheon the fired shots represent the longest distance an Excalibur round has been fired in combat since it was first fielded in 2007.
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Phalanx weapon system to get overhauled by Raytheon - News
May 21, 2012
LOUISVILLE, KY. Raytheon engineers will be upgrading and overhauling nine Phalanx Close-In Weapon Systems for a U.S. Navy contract valued at $57.8 million. Under the contract the company also will produce two SeaRAM anti-ship missile defense systems and provide 20 radar upgrade kits.
Radar/EW
Patriot and JLENS work together to shoot down target during test - News
May 04, 2012
TEWKSBURY, Mass. A pair of Raytheon systems with advanced radar capability, -- the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System and the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) ? worked in concert together to detect, track and take out a test target simulating an enemy cruise missile during a demonstration at the Utah Training and Test Range.
