Raytheon-led Littoral Warfare Weapons Team Demonstrates Successful Underwater Launch

Raytheon-led Littoral Warfare Weapons Team Demonstrates Successful Underwater
Launch

TEWKSBURY, Mass., Sept. 14, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
marked a developmental milestone when it successfully demonstrated the
underwater launch of a Raytheon AIM-9X air-to-air test missile shape from a
submerged Tomahawk Capsule Launching System. This successful test is a
significant step in demonstrating payload flexibility for submarines.

Conducted at the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Test Center, Aberdeen, Md., the test
marked the first time an AIM-9X test missile shape has been launched from
underwater. It is part of the Littoral Warfare Weapon (LWW) program managed by
the Department of the Navy's Program Executive Office of Submarines.

"The Littoral Warfare Weapon program will test and develop increased
capabilities as the U.S. Navy continues to expand undersea warfare in the
littoral arena," said Michael Del Checcolo, vice president of Engineering,
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. "This successful launch demonstrates a
new degree of submarine self-defense capability against threats our
warfighters may encounter from the air, land and sea."

Raytheon's LWW approach leverages the technologies and expertise of a team of
industry and military partners, including Northrop Grumman and the Naval
Undersea Warfare Center in Newport, R.I.

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:
Michele Lemos
978.858.5850

SOURCE Raytheon Company

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