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Missile Systems was the largest single site in any industry to earn the 2004
Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing, which recognizes the progress of
the business in applying lean manufacturing concepts to produce leading-
edge products in partnership with its customers. Lean manufacturing efforts
have led to significant gains in weapon system production, reduced waste,
improved on-time delivery and enhanced quality and customer satisfaction.
Use of lean principles on the Paveway laser-guided bomb line allowed MS
to quadruple the production rate without increasing workforce or capacity.
The award is named for renowned Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo.
Missile Systems (MS), with 2004 sales of $3.8 billion, is
the world’s leading producer of weapon system solutions
for U.S. and allied forces. From global missile defense to
directed energy, MS continues to provide revolutionary
technologies to increase warfighting capability in the
evolving battlespace.
•A proud leader in the U.S. efforts to defend
against ballistic missile attack, MS delivered to the Missile
Defense Agency the first Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle
payloads, which entered silos in Alaska and California.
The business also delivered the first five deployment
rounds of the Standard Missile-3, a key element of the
sea-based Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System to be
deployed aboard U.S. Navy cruisers and destroyers.
•MS and the U.S. Navy celebrated the fleet
introduction of the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile,
building on the 32-year success of the U.S. Navy’s weapon
of choice. The new surface- and submarine-launched
cruise missile provides flexible targeting, loitering and
battlefield assessment – key capabilities for the future
netted battlespace. The new version also cuts the U.S.
Navy’s costs in half.
•MS continues to provide tactical advantage to
fighter pilots with the AIM-9X, next-generation, short-
range, air-to-air Sidewinder Missile, which entered full-
rate production. The business expects to produce 10,000
rounds for the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force and 5,000 for
international customers over 18 years.
•Successful international partnerships are con-
tributing to worldwide growth. MS and Raytheon
Systems Limited™ established a global factory to produce
guidance electronics for U.K. Paveway™ systems. The two
businesses also have developed an innovative program
with the U.K. Ministry of Defence to reduce Britain’s
ownership cost of air-launched munitions. Also, in early
2004, MS and Diehl Stiftung Co. of Nürnberg,
Germany, formed Diehl Raytheon Missile Systeme to
modernize and market legacy versions of the Sidewinder.
•Leveraging the breadth of its portfolio, MS
continues to respond quickly and affordably to meet
emerging customer needs with new technologies and
innovative applications of proven systems.
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President
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Missile Systems
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“When it comes to customer focus, our measure of success is
when our customers can say, ‘I rely on people from Raytheon
to quickly provide effective, low-cost, innovative solutions
because I know them, they listen to me, they understand my
problems and they do what they say.’”