Last Updated: 03/24/2011*

Posted by Ed Miyashiro
Vice President
Deputy General Manager
Raytheon Missile Systems

I am attending the 9th annual U.S. Missile Defense Conference in Washington D.C. this week, and I am struck by how much Raytheon has accomplished over the last year in the realm of missile defense. Here are just a few of the highlights:

We delivered 120 Standard Missile-3 interceptors ahead of schedule and under cost.
We completed a successful system integration test for the new SM-3 Block IB kill vehicle.
The Japanese successfully flight tested an SM-3 Block IA.
We delivered 75 SM-2 Block IV interceptors.
We delivered our seventh AN/TPY-2 radar.
We completed early on-orbit testing and demonstrated our ability to track cold body objects from space with STSS satellites.

By now, I am sure you know that Raytheon is a major player in U.S. missile defense and in the administration’s Phased Adaptive Approach for missile defense in Europe. Later this year, we will test major components of PAA (radar, sensors, and interceptor) during another SM-3 Block IA flight test – it’s kind of a graduation ceremony for the first phase of PAA. We are also scheduled to do the first SM-3 Block IB flight test later this year.

I am proud of the many contributions that Raytheon has made in helping the U.S. and its allies stay ahead of the growing ballistic missile threat, but our work is not done. As the U.S. and NATO work to strengthen the missile defense shield in Europe, Raytheon will be there. Our radars, sensors and interceptors are the cornerstones for each of the four phases of the Phased Adaptive Approach.

The last several years have certainly been exciting for Raytheon and missile defense, and I can’t wait to see what’s around the corner. Have a good conference.