Date posted: 11/02/2007*

Raytheon’s revolutionary active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar has notched another impressive win following its selection by The Boeing Company to supply next-generation capabilities to the U.S. Air Force for the formidable F-15E Strike Eagle. The upgrade program is expected to start in 2008 and will run parallel with the Air National Guard F-15C AESA program already in progress.

The program will cover AESA radar development and production, maintenance, test equipment and spares for the entire F-15E fleet, which is expected to include 224 aircraft in the coming years.

“Raytheon is extremely proud to build on its more than 35-year legacy on the F-15E and F-15C, working hand in glove with our Boeing and Air Force customers to ensure our technology continues to make a critical difference to the aviators we support,” said Jon Jones, president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, which developed the radar. “We’re confident this revolutionary radar will perform well beyond expectations.”

Jones noted that Raytheon’s AESA technology would take the F-15E to a new operational level of simultaneous air-to-air and air-to-ground capabilities, which will keep the aircraft a critical part of the U.S. Air Force’s force structure through 2035.

“The superior situational awareness, tactical flexibility, and greater target, track and detection ranges will bring a new dimension to this already formidable fighter,” said Dr. Tom Kennedy, vice president, Tactical Airborne Systems. “Additionally, we have built in capabilities for future enhancements such as radar common data link.”

Raytheon is a world leader in delivering proven revolutionary radars and other cost-effective networked sensor system solutions. The company has a proven 35-year plus track record in delivering reliable and capable tactical radar systems to the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy and international customers.

Raytheon’s AESA systems deliver proven outstanding performance and increased reliability. They are easy to maintain and possess a design base to accommodate ongoing spiral upgrades to emerging next-generation capabilities.

Today’s AESA radar leverages the hardware, software and successes from the F-15 APG-63(V)2 and (V)3, B-2 and the F/A-18 APG-79 programs to provide affordable system solutions with a quantum leap in operational and logistics performance to meet Air Force requirements.

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