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Air-to-Air – Raytheon is a leading supplier of air-to-air missiles. These products help ensure the air dominance
of our nation’s military, contributing to the security of the U.S. and many of its allies. Programs involving the Air-
to-Air product line include: AIM 9X, the latest member of the Sidewinder short range missile family; AIM 9M; and
Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), a state of the art, highly dependable and battle proven
air-to-air missile.
Naval Weapon Systems (NWS) – NWS is a leading supplier of defensive missiles and the largest business area of
Raytheon Missile Systems. Programs include: the Standard Missile family of state of the art air and missile defense
missiles; Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), which provides self-defense against high-speed, highly
maneuverable anti-ship missiles, Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM), a supersonic, light-weight, quick-reaction, fire-
and-forget missile designed to destroy antiship missiles; Phalanx, an advanced radar-controlled gun system that
provides defense against close-in air and surface threats; and Extended Range Guided Munition (ERGM), a new
projectile that will support forces ashore with sustained, accurate fire.
Atmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) – Utilizing state of the art target discrimination technologies and sophisticated
embedded software, the EKV payload represents the tip of the spear for the Ground Based Interceptor (GBI), a key
element in the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system.
Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) – This missile defense program’s goal is to design, develop and deploy kinetic
energy-based, mobile, ground and sea-launched missiles that can intercept and destroy enemy ballistic missiles
during their boost phase. The KEI element consists of the Interceptor Component, the Mobile Launcher
Component and the C2BMC component.
Advanced Missile Defense, Directed Energy Weapons Product Line (AMD DEW) – This business area was
created to pursue growth opportunities in the missile defense and directed energy markets. It includes concept and
development of new kill vehicles, space applications, discrimination, high power microwave and high energy laser
systems.
Land Combat – The Land Combat business area supports the U.S. Army and more than 25 U.S. allies. The
multi-mission capability of Land Combat missiles has been demonstrated in Iraq and Afghanistan. Programs
include Javelin, a fire and forget anti-tank weapon, TOW, an anti-tank, anti-armor weapon, Excalibur, a guided
projectile and Non-Line of Site Launch System (NLOS-LS), an integral part of the U.S. Army’s Future Combat
Systems.
Advanced Programs –Focuses on next generation technology and systems to provide customers superior
capability.
Technical superiority, reputation, price, delivery schedules, financing and reliability are among the principal
competitive factors considered by MS’ customers, which include the U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency. As a result of consolidation in the defense industry, MS frequently partners on various programs
with its major suppliers, some of whom are, from time to time, competitors on other programs.
Network Centric Systems. The Network Centric Systems (NCS) business, headquartered in McKinney, Texas,
develops and produces mission solutions for networking, command and control, battlespace awareness, and air
traffic management. Programs include civilian applications, command and control systems, integrated
communications systems and netted sensor systems. NCS serves all branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, the
National Guard, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Aviation Administration, other U.S. national
security agencies, and foreign customers.
NCS had 2004 net sales of $3.1 billion.
NCS consists of the following business areas: Air Space Management and Homeland Security, Command and
Control Systems, Combat Systems, Integrated Communication Systems (ICS), Precision Technologies and
Components, Thales-Raytheon Systems LLC, and Raytheon Systems Limited.