FALLS CHURCH, Va., (July 17, 2001) - Raytheon Company has delivered the last of 10 Block I mobile Ground Control Stations (GCS) to AAI, a subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation, for use with the U.S. Army's Shadow 200 tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (TUAV) program.

"We are pleased to deliver the last of 10 required GCSs for the TUAV program under LRIP (low rate initial production) I," said Lou Kouts, Raytheon's TUAV program manager. "This culminates a very intense work effort from a dedicated team in support of an aggressive customer driven schedule for this aspect of the program."

The Block I mobile GCS can be integrated into a brigade commander's Tactical Operations Center to provide command and control of TUAV missions and near real-time imagery to other Army and national users during combat situations.

The hardware architecture includes two workstations with flat panel displays. The dual workstation layout provides total system redundancy for the air vehicle operator (AVO) and mission payload operator (MPO). A third central display area provides increased operator situational awareness. This architecture allows a single workstation/operator to perform AVO and MPO functions from a single seat in the event one workstation fails.

An additional suite of equipment provides for mission simulation/playback for an embedded training capability. The GCS is capable of handing off control of the air vehicle to another GCS or portable GCS, as required, for fluid battlefield conditions.

A Shadow system consists of aerial vehicles, ground control stations, launcher, and other system support components. The first in a new generation of unmanned aerial vehicle systems, the AAI Shadow 200 TUAV will provide U.S. Army brigade commanders with crucial reconnaissance, surveillance, and battlefield damage intelligence - delivered efficiently from the air vehicle's electronic payload, directly to tactical command centers.

With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a global technology leader in defense, government and commercial electronics, and business and special mission aircraft.

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