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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Raytheon's Net-Enabled APG-79 AESA Radar Completes Successful Live Fire Flight Tests of AMRAAM and JDAM

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Oct. 31, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's APG- 79 AESA radar continues to move smoothly through its development milestones following the successful completion this month of multiple live firing tests using inert AMRAAM and JDAM weapons.

Both AMRAAM (Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile) and JDAM (Joint Direct Attack Munition) live fire tests were completed according to plan. Both performed well within the operational specifications. These are critical development milestones, as they test the end-to-end air-to-air missile delivery sequence and end-to-end air-to-ground synthetic aperture (SAR) targeting capabilities of the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

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