Raytheon to Develop $8 Million Digital Anti-Jam Electronics for U.S. Air Force

Some of Raytheon's GPS Systems (Raytheon photo)

Harlow, U.K., July 14/Satnews Daily/ -- Raytheon Systems Limited, the United Kingdom-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has won a competitive contract from the U.S. Air Force Joint Program Office (USAF JPO) to provide next generation GPS Advanced Digital Antenna Production (ADAP) systems. This key technology program is worth, with options, around $50 million; the first increment of work is valued at nearly $8 million.

ADAP, which follows on from RSL's successful DAE (Digital Antenna Electronics) development contract, represents a significant performance enhancement to the company's GAS-1 (GPS Antenna System), which RSL has been providing to the U.S. Air Force for six years.

This key technology was developed by RSL in the U.K.  EDO, New York, N.Y., is a major sub-contractor. ADAP development will continue through to the end of 2005. 

The first production contract is scheduled for October 2006, with deliveries starting in 2007, and with orders for annual production thereafter.  Some 1300 units are to be delivered during the six-year production run.