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Raytheon Reaches Production Milestone on Critical Communications Capability
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
20,000th Enhanced Position Location Reporting System shipped
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has reached a key milestone with the production of its 20,000th
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System. EPLRS is the most widely
deployed, mobile, ad-hoc networking system on the battlefield, providing
simultaneous data, video and situational awareness information.
EPLRS has been in production since 1986 and has been fielded by all four
branches of the U.S. military as well as Canadian forces. Used in airborne,
vehicular, and dismounted applications, EPLRS enables sharing of tactical
situational awareness, command and control information and voice
communication.
"Raytheon's EPLRS provides soldiers with an integrated, affordable
battlefield communications system," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Network
Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "It provides key
communications capabilities to coordinate today's tactical military operations
and is interoperable with new battlefield systems as they come on line."
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:
Meredith Stoffel
508.490.3149
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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