Industry-first wireless transmission and first-ever delivery

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., March 3, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- In a recent exercise with the U.S. Army, Raytheon Company achieved an industry-first wireless transmission of its lightweight High Capacity Beyond Line-of-Sight troposcatter system.

"This exercise illustrates that Raytheon's solution has proven interoperability with existing communication architectures and is adaptable to the warfighter's mobile needs in the field," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Network Centric Systems' Integrated Communications Systems.

The Ku band HC BLOS system delivers voice, video and data via troposcatter, transmitting radio waves over the curvature of the Earth without using satellites. It can establish a high-capacity data link -- up to 40 megabytes per second -- for up to 120 miles.

In the demonstration, the system successfully provided long-range network connections to several different wireless technologies. The system used Raytheon's Enhanced Position Location Reporting System to stream real-time video more than 30 miles between Forts Monmouth and Dix, N.J.

Additional wireless networks provided full voice, video and data capabilities between Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) base stations and also provided portable Internet access between Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) nodes.

This milestone comes on the heels of the first-ever delivery of the HC BLOS. Under a $2.2 million contract, Raytheon is providing two HC BLOS terminals and training to the Canadian Forces.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 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.

Note to Editors:

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access, or W-CDMA, is a cellular network supporting a wide range of voice, video and data services. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, or WiMAX, is a wireless technology supporting mobile Internet access among a variety of devices.

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