Raytheon Advances Zumwalt's Integrated Undersea Warfare System to Production

    TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 23, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (
 RTN) achieved a significant milestone in the Zumwalt Class destroyer
 program with the successful design review of the ship's undersea warfare
 systems -- collectively referred to as the integrated acoustic sensor
 suite. With this success, the U.S. Navy has given Raytheon Integrated
 Defense Systems (IDS) approval to advance the acoustic sensor suite's
 design into production.
     The acoustic sensor suite delivers critical capabilities by providing
 operators with a complete undersea warfare picture that includes the search
 for, and detection of, potential threats such as submarines, torpedoes,
 mines and unmanned undersea vehicles. The suite integrates all Zumwalt
 acoustic undersea warfare systems and subsystems, including the dual
 frequency bow array, towed array, towed torpedo countermeasures, expendable
 bathythermograph, data sensor, acoustic decoy launcher, underwater
 communications, and associated software.
     "The successful review proved to the Navy customer that this open
 architecture, integrated sonar system will effectively meet the design
 requirements of the Zumwalt Class destroyers," said Barbara Belt, IDS'
 program manager for the acoustic sensor suite. "The modularity of the
 suite's design offers the potential for widespread use on other naval
 platforms."
     The acoustic sensor suite's open architecture conforms to the Navy's
 enterprise peer review process business model and technology insertion
 strategy. The solution for Zumwalt supports the Navy's goal of a single,
 common configuration for undersea warfare processing for its family of
 ships, thereby reducing lifecycle costs while allowing for rapid
 warfighting improvements. With the solution on board Zumwalt, the Navy will
 achieve a 33 percent reduction in undersea warfare manning requirements as
 compared to current ships in the fleet.
     The design review -- which also determined that predefined space and
 weight allocations on board a Zumwalt Class ship are adequate to house the
 components of the acoustic sensor suite -- took place at the Raytheon IDS
 Maritime Mission Center, Portsmouth, R.I. Participants included
 representatives from Raytheon, Naval Sea Systems Command, the Naval
 Undersea Warfare Center and the Naval Surface Warfare Center, as well as
 Lockheed Martin and other subcontractors.
     The Zumwalt Class destroyer program is one of several programs to
 successfully employ IDS' OpenAIR(TM) (Affordability, Innovation and
 Results) business model that leverages the best of academia, large
 businesses, and small businesses including Argon ST, Applied Acoustic
 Concepts, and Adaptive Methods. OpenAIR provides customers with effective
 solutions at affordable prices, ensures repeated collaboration, and
 combines IDS' knowledge and processes with the innovation and agility of
 small business.
     Raytheon IDS serves as the prime mission systems integrator for all
 electronic and combat systems for the Zumwalt Class destroyer program under
 the Navy's DDG 1000 Detail Design and Integration contract awarded in 2005.
 Working together with the Navy and a team of industry leaders, IDS is
 leading the effort to transform the Navy's ship requirements to reality.
 For more information visit www.raytheon.com/products/ddg_1000.
     Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
 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 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology
 leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
 markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85
 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
 
 

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