Raytheon Leads Team Bidding on Indian Satellite-Based Navigation System

Released on Tuesday, July 15, 2008

WASHINGTON, July 15, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the Indian Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India global navigation satellite systems.

This will complete the final phase of the Global Positioning Satellite-Aided Geosynchronous Augmented Navigation System, or GAGAN.

GAGAN will provide satellite-based navigation for civil aviation across South and East Asia, which will provide India with the most accurate, flexible and efficient air navigation system deployed.

"We look forward to continuing our collaborative relationship with ISRO and AAI during this critical phase of GAGAN," said Andy Zogg, Raytheon vice president of Airspace Management and Homeland Security. "We are committed to a thorough transfer of knowledge of the GAGAN system to further enhance India's leadership position in air navigation."

The Raytheon team will leverage the experience it gained during the past several years in deploying the technology demonstration system phase of GAGAN.

The GAGAN design is based on the experience gained delivering the only certified space-based augmentation systems. For instance, the Wide Area Augmentation System was certified by the Federal Aviation Administration in July 2003, and the MTSAT Satellite Augmentation System was certified by the Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau in September 2007.

Team members are Accord Software and Systems, Pvt. Ltd. of Bangalore, India, for GPS-based user receiver prototype development optimized for the equatorial region; Elcome Technologies, Pvt. Ltd. of Gurgaon, India, for logistical and on-site support; and Naverus, Inc., of Kent, Washington, for performance-based navigation route design, procedure flight validation and other related services.