Date posted: 03/11/2009*

Launching Raytheon’s activities at the airshow, the CEO of the Defence Materiel Organisation, Dr. Stephen Gumley, officially opened Raytheon’s static line display.

In welcoming Dr. Gumley to the Raytheon display, Ron Fisher, managing director of Raytheon Australia, said "for us at Raytheon this static line display is a focal point of many of our activities this week."

"On display will be Raytheon’s innovation and technologies engineered with the ADF (Australian Defence Force) in mind, to provide them an operational advantage today and to prepare them for the missions of tomorrow," Fisher said.

Before cutting a red ribbon on the Raytheon display, Dr. Gumley praised the company’s efforts in Australia. He said "Ron and the team at Raytheon have a proud record of supporting the ADF ... You are focused on putting the customer first. When you put the customer first, the business follows."

The DMO head also commended the company of its efforts for skilling the defense industry and noted that in a changed economic environment there is an opportunity to attract people to the industry.

The Raytheon static line display features two trailers demonstrating Raytheon’s capabilities for Aerospace Training Solutions and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), as well as aircraft platforms.

Fisher noted, "in an innovative use of the static line, Raytheon’s Aerospace Training Solutions Training Concept Demonstrator shows how the company’s systems engineering approach will increase the effectiveness of military flying training."

Raytheon’s display also features the CT-4F aircraft and a model of the Beechcraft T-6 aircraft.

Also on display on the static line is Raytheon’s ISR Demonstrator which shows the importance of network centric solutions to meeting Australia’s ISR challenges.

"Our demonstrator shows the potential of Raytheon’s Distributed Common Ground System Integrated Backbone (DIB) technologies in the Australian Defence information environment. As Defence implements its ISR roadmap, one of the roles that Raytheon seeks to play is by contributing technologies that provide for seamless intelligence data sharing and collaboration," Fisher said.

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