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Raytheon Delivers First Targeting and Surveillance Sensor for Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter

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October 3, 2008

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MCKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has delivered the first U.S. Army Common Sensor Payload for the Armed
Reconnaissance Helicopter.

The first of 28 system design and development units awarded under an
indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract, the AN/AAS-53
electro-optical/infrared and laser sensor was shipped September 10 to
Rockwell Collins to begin software integration.

“Raytheon’s CSP team delivered the first sensor on time per the
original contract, and we are currently tracking for early program
performance overall to get this important situational awareness asset to
Army aviation sooner than required,” said Paul Shofner, program manager for
the AN/AAS-53. “This new sensor will provide improved capabilities to
support the Army’s reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition
mission demands.”

The turreted EO/IR sensor will include image intensified TV, a laser
spot tracker, a laser designator, an eye-safe laser range finder, and a
laser pointer. The AN/AAS-53 will also be electro-optical
counter-countermeasures compliant.

CSP is expected to flight test on ARH SDD-A surrogate aircraft in the
first quarter of 2009. The sensor payload is also intended to outfit the
Army’s new Sky Warrior unmanned aircraft and other aviation platforms.

“The CSP program delivers RSTA mission efficiency and effectiveness
through sensor commonality” said Shofner. “Beginning with common
acquisition, CSP provides common training, operation, display, and
lifecycle support.”

Raytheon could produce as many as 875 units under the CSP IDIQ contract
let by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in November 2007,
with options valued up to $1.2 billion. CSP is manufactured at Raytheon’s
McKinney, Texas site.

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems is a leading provider of sensor
systems giving military forces the most accurate and timely actionable
information available for the network-centric battlefield. With 2007
revenues of $4.3 billion and 12,000 employees, SAS is headquartered in El
Segundo, Calif. Additional facilities are in Goleta, Calif.; Forest, Miss.;
Dallas, McKinney and Plano, Texas; and several international locations.

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.

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