Raytheon Receives $9 Million Contract for Ship Self-Defense System Support

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 28, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
received a $9.6 million modification to an existing U.S. Navy contract to
serve as the platform systems engineering agent for the Ship Self-Defense
System.

In this role, Raytheon integrates complex warfighting improvements with SSDS
for various U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious ships. Under this
modification, Raytheon will integrate the Dual Band Radar currently in
production as part of the Zumwalt-class destroyer program, the Evolved
Seasparrow Missile (ESSM) and Rolling Airframe Missile Block 2 to improve the
warfighting capabilities of SSDS-equipped ships. Work will include combat
systems engineering, software engineering, configuration control, integration
and testing.

Other Zumwalt technologies under consideration for reuse include sensor
control, Cooperative Engagement Capability adaptation, infrastructure services
components and ESSM control software. Components from the Navy's objective
open architecture initiative are also being incorporated, including the system
track server, the common display system, and common processing system.

"The Ship Self-Defense System has clearly demonstrated the benefits that open
architecture technology provides the Navy, including the ability to upgrade
system capabilities with relative ease," said Raytheon Integrated Defense
Systems' (IDS) Robert Martin, vice president and deputy of Seapower Capability
Systems. "The system's high level of capability, affordability and modularity
enables the Navy to defend against today's threats while providing the
flexibility to adapt to counter the threats of tomorrow."

As platform systems engineering agent, Raytheon manages the integration of
combat system capability upgrades into aircraft carrier and amphibious ships
while providing continued support for fielded systems. Raytheon recently
completed a technology refresh for the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), which included a
capability upgrade for the SSDS Mk 2 Open Architecture combat system. These
improvements aligned with the Navy's open architecture standards and upgraded
Nimitz's core computing technologies.

SSDS is currently fielded on four classes of aircraft carriers and
expeditionary ships: LSD, CVN 68, LPD 17 and LHD class. Raytheon plans to
install the SSDS Mk 2 Open Architecture upgrade on the USS Theodore Roosevelt
(CVN 71), the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), and the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76)
between 2009 and 2011. Future upgrades are also planned for LPD and LHA-class
ships.

Work will be performed at Raytheon IDS' Expeditionary Warfare Center, San
Diego, Calif.; Seapower Capability Center, Portsmouth, R.I.; IDS Headquarters,
Tewksbury, Mass.; Raytheon Network Centric Systems, St. Petersburg, Fla.; and
Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz.

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 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other
government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning
87 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 73,000 people worldwide.

Contact:
Carolyn Beaudry
401.842.3550

SOURCE Raytheon Company

Carolyn Beaudry of Raytheon Company, +1-401-842-3550