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Raytheon Completes Captive Carry Test of Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range

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July 17, 2008

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Proves ability to perform on newly awarded US Navy JSOW-ER demonstration
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Raytheon’s Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range will provide the warfighter a weapon with a range of 300 nautical miles (345 statute miles) for approximately $350,000 in 2007 dollars. Raytheon recently completed captive carry testing of the JSOW-ER, and is planning a free-flight demonstration of the system in 2009. (PRNewsFoto/Raytheon Company)

TUCSON, Ariz., July 16, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has completed captive carry testing of the Joint Standoff Weapon
Extended Range. The test proved Raytheon will be able to deliver on a
recently awarded $4.1 million U.S. Navy contract to conduct a free-flight
demonstration of the JSOW-ER in 2009.

JSOW-ER will provide the warfighter a weapon with a range of 300
nautical miles (345 statute miles) for approximately $350,000 in 2007
dollars.

During the Raytheon-funded test, a JSOW-ER was loaded onto an A-4
Skyhawk fighter aircraft, and the weapon’s engine was ignited at 25,000
feet. The aircraft then flew the same mission profiles the missile might
experience during a combat mission. The test subjected the weapon to many
of the same stressors — wind, vibration and extreme temperatures — the
JSOW-ER would face during an operational mission.

“This test proved our flush-inlet design provides the JSOW-ER’s engine
with enough air to ignite and operate under extreme conditions,” said Harry
Schulte, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ Air Warfare Systems’
product line. “With this test under our belt, I am confident we will be
able to meet our contractual obligations to the Navy and conduct a free
flight demonstration in spring 2009.”

The captive carry test came on the heels of a series of Raytheon-funded
functional ground tests of the JSOW-ER engine in April. The tests verified
that newly developed software could adequately control the flow of fuel to
the engine’s weapon. The test also ensured the fuel system was properly
integrated into the weapon.

The JSOW-ER is a powered variant of the combat-proven glide JSOW. It
takes the proven GPS/Inertial Navigation System reliability of earlier JSOW
models and combines it with the network-enabled, maritime-interdiction
capabilities currently under development for the JSOW C-1. By adding a
150-pound thrust class engine without violating JSOW’s outer mold lines or
mass properties, the JSOW-ER gains a range of approximately 300 nautical
miles. As a result, JSOW-ER integration cost is minimal on any aircraft on
which glide JSOW is currently integrated.

Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 86
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. With headquarters in Waltham,
Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

SOURCE Raytheon Company

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