Raytheon Completes Free Flight of Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range

NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION SEA TEST RANGE, Calif., Nov. 2, 2009
/PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and the U.S. Navy completed the
first free-flight demonstration of the Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range
air-to-surface precision guided missile.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091102/NE02602 )

The JSOW-ER is a powered variant of the combat-proven glide JSOW. It takes the
GPS-inertial navigation system reliability of existing JSOW variants and
combines it with the network-enabled maritime-interdiction capabilities
currently in development for the JSOW C-1. The JSOW-ER also integrates the
Hamilton-Sundstrand TJ-150 engine, currently in production for Raytheon's
Miniature Air Launched Decoy.

"JSOW-ER will provide the warfighter with a powered spiral of JSOW C-1,
extending the range of the weapon from 70 nautical miles (81 statute miles) to
300 nautical miles (345 statute miles)," said Harry Schulte, vice president of
Raytheon Missile Systems Air Warfare Systems' product line. "Because JSOW-ER
has the same outer mold lines and mass properties of the glide JSOW, it can be
integrated on any aircraft capable of carrying glide JSOW. The cost of
integration is negligible and the impact is reduced."

Launched from a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F fighter aircraft, the JSOW-ER flew more
than 260 nautical miles (almost 300 statute miles), meeting all test
objectives.

"Though not a program of record, the capability and utility of a powered JSOW
was clearly demonstrated by this free-flight demonstration," said Capt. Mat
Winter, the U.S. Navy's Precision Strike Weapons program manager.

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.

Note to Editors:
Raytheon's JSOW program provides more than 280 jobs in Tucson, Ariz.

Major JSOW suppliers include: Carleton Technologies, Inc., Orchard Park, N.Y.;
Computer Optical Products, Inc., Chatsworth, Calif.; Enser, Pinellas Park,
Fla.; GE Aviation Systems, LLC., Bohemia, N.Y.; Goodrich Corporation,
Vergennes, Vt.; Hamilton Sundstrand, San Diego, Calif.; Hamilton Sundstrand,
Rockford, Ill.; Herley Industries, Lancaster, Pa.; Honeywell International
Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.; Klune Industries, Inc., Spanish Fork, Utah; L-3
Communications, Menlo Park, Calif.; L-3 Communications Telemetry West, San
Diego, Calif.; LaBarge, Inc., Saint Louis, Mo.; Primus Technologies, Corp.,
Williamsport, Pa.; Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapid, Iowa; Stork-Fokker,
The Netherlands

Contact:
Mike Nachshen
520.269.5697 (mobile)
Michael_nachshen@raytheon.com

SOURCE Raytheon Company

Mike Nachshen of Raytheon Company, +1-520-269-5697 (mobile),
Michael_nachshen@raytheon.com