Raytheon Systems Excel as LPD 20 Passes US Navy Acceptance Trials

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) today announced satisfactory system performance onboard the USS
Green Bay (LPD 20) as it completed its acceptance trials.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is the total ship electronics
systems integrator for the LPD 17 class of amphibious transport dock ships.
The trials, which were held at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding facilities in
New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico, demonstrated the performance and
capabilities of Raytheon systems integrated onboard, including ship control
and navigation, engineering control, voice and video communications, magnetic
signature control systems, and the Shipboard Wide Area Network.
"The completion of these acceptance trials continues our legacy of
reliability and proven performance as the Mission Systems Integrator for LPD
17 and our other Navy programs," said Robert Martin, IDS vice president and
deputy of Seapower Capability Systems. "This milestone is a critical step
toward delivering the advanced capabilities of the LPD 17 class to the Navy
and our warfighters."
The acceptance trials, conducted by the U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection
and Survey, represent the final construction milestone prior to ship delivery.
The assessment consists of in-port and at-sea system testing and is conducted
to demonstrate vessel performance and seaworthiness to the Navy.
The USS Green Bay is the fourth ship of the advanced LPD 17 class of
amphibious transport dock ships. They provide the Navy's Expeditionary Strike
Group with the technology and flexibility to launch and recover amphibious
landing craft, such as the Landing Craft Air Cushion, operate an array of
rotary-wing aircraft, as well as transport and launch the U.S. Marine Corps'
Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. The LPD 17 class, built by Northrop Grumman
Shipbuilding, will replace the functions of the LPD 4, LSD 36, LKA 113, and
LST 1179 classes of amphibious ships.
In addition to its role as the total ship electronics systems integrator
for LPD 17, IDS is the prime contractor for life-cycle engineering and support
of Raytheon-designed and developed equipment aboard the ship. Raytheon's work
on the LPD 17 program is performed at the Expeditionary Warfare Center, San
Diego, Calif.; Seapower Capability Center, Portsmouth, R.I.; and by Raytheon
Technical Services Company in New Orleans and San Diego.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Global Capabilities
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland Security.
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.

Contact:
Carolyn Beaudry
401.842.3550

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