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Saturday, September 29, 2007

Raytheon Missile Defense Systems Key in Successful Ballistic Missile Intercept in Space

Free Image Hosting at www.ImageShack.usRaytheon Company components built under contract to The Boeing Company, the prime contractor for the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, played key roles in the destruction of a ballistic missile target during GMD's latest successful flight test conducted Sept. 28 by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.

The Raytheon-built Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) intercepted the ballistic missile target in space over the eastern Pacific Ocean.

The Raytheon-developed Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., successfully tracked the target system for approximately 15 minutes during its flight downrange to the intercept point several hundred miles west of California.

The Raytheon-developed X-Band Radar (XBR), the primary payload of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX), actively participated in this test by tracking, discriminating and assessing the target.

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