Raytheon Awarded Global Hawk Ground Segments Contract

Raytheon Awarded Global Hawk Ground Segments Contract: "FALLS CHURCH, Va., Nov. 30, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a new contract to produce ground segments for
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk program, which will support the U.S. Air Force
RQ-4A/B Global Hawk unmanned aerial system. Financial terms were not
disclosed.
Raytheon will build additional Global Hawk ground segments consisting of
the launch and recovery element, the mission control element (MCE), and
associated ground communication equipment. The system provides high resolution
imagery data to tactical commanders in near-real time. The sensor data
obtained from each Global Hawk is transmitted to the MCE via wideband RF line-
of-sight or satellite data link. Data is then disseminated to existing command
and control systems or directly to properly equipped tactical field users or
exploitation centers.
'We are proud to be awarded this new contract to supply additional launch
and recovery elements and the mission control elements to the Northrop Grumman
Global Hawk program and the Air Force,' said William P. Jones, vice president
of Tactical Intelligence Systems.
The ground segments award is from Lot 4 of the Global Hawk low-rate
initial production program. Along with the Global Hawk ground segment,
Raytheon also produces the sensor suite for the Global Hawk from its Space and
Airborne Systems business in El Segundo, Calif.

Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS), with 2004 revenues of
$2.2 billion and 10,000 employees, is a leading provider of intelligence and
information solutions to government customers worldwide. Leveraging 35 years
of expertise and excellence in operations, maintenance & engineering; mission
management; signal processing; knowledge management, software development,
information security and systems integration, IIS enables customers to make
better, quicker mission decisions.

Raytheon Company, with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion, is an industry leader
in defense and government electronics, space, information technology,
technical services, and business and special mission aircraft. With
headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.

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