GOLETA, Calif. , Oct. 16, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
has received a
The award by the U.S. Air Force Warner Robins Air Logistics Center represents the 12th production lot of ALE-50 equipment ordered for the Air Force and Navy. The contract calls for 799 decoys for the Air Force and 249 for the Navy to be delivered through October 2010 .
"The tradition of success of our towed decoy product line continues," said Roy Azevedo , manager of Raytheon's Electronic Warfare business area. "Not only is ALE-50's operational performance unequaled, our record of on-time production is a model for program execution."
Production of ALE-50 equipment began in December 1996 . Raytheon recently produced its 23,000th ALE-50 decoy and has achieved 12 years of on-time deliveries. Completion of the Lot 12 program will bring the total number of decoys produced by Raytheon to 25,682.
Towed decoy systems enhance aircraft survivability by acting as a preferential target for many types of missiles. Raytheon's ALE-50 system has played a key role in aircraft self-protection for several military conflicts and is currently operational on F-16, B-1B and F/A-18 aircraft.
Work on the towed decoy system is being done at the company's Space and Airborne Systems business at its Tactical Airborne Systems facility in Goleta, Calif .
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of
SOURCE Raytheon Company
