Raytheon Ships Second FBX-T Radar

Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has shipped ahead of schedule and under budget the second Ballistic

Missile Defense System (BMDS) Forward Based X-Band Transportable (FBX-T)

radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Vandenberg Air Force Base,

Calif., for final testing and acceptance.

"With the completion of the factory testing and acceptance of the

second FBX-T radar, we've taken another significant step toward

implementing an effective capability to protect the U.S., deployed forces

and allies from ballistic missile threats," said Pete Franklin, vice

president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) Missile Defense

Business Area. "Raytheon's BMDS program is leading the way, providing

advanced sensor capabilities and enhanced affordability."

Raytheon IDS, which was awarded a BMDS radar contract by the MDA in

April 2003, delivered the first FBX-T radar under budget and ahead of

schedule in November 2004. The radar, currently deployed in Japan, is the

first new MDA system to be developed and deployed as an operational asset

outside the U.S.

Raytheon IDS designed and built the FBX-T radar by drawing on extensive

sensor knowledge from its X-Band "Family of Radars." The FBX-T is a high-

power, transportable X-Band radar designed to detect, track and

discriminate ballistic missile threats early in flight, maximizing the

capability of the BMDS to identify, assess and engage threats to the U.S.,

deployed forces and allies.

Source: Raytheon Ships Second Ballistic Missile Defense System Radar