Date posted: 03/16/2009*

On Wed., March 11, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems’ Scott Jacobson spoke about the company’s commitment to supporting Australia’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs by providing the maritime search radar that is currently being supplied as part of the U.S. Navy’s P-8A program.

As a long-standing member of the Boeing-led P-8A Poseidon team, Raytheon delivered all of the P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance radars for testing and systems integration in 2008 according to schedule.

The AN/APY-10 radars provide all weather, day and night multi-mission maritime, coastline and overland surveillance capabilities for anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) mission support. The system design and development (SDD) units are integrated into the mission system for control, display and data distribution on the P-8.

Jacobson also spoke about Raytheon’s SeaVue radar, which provides the Australian Coastwatch program superior long range sea search mode performance and detection of small target in high sea states.

"We’re proud to have a long history of working with the Australian government to provide the capability that meets today’s security needs as well as the challenges of tomorrow," said Jacobson. "The SeaVue radar has a long heritage and stands ready to support all current and future operations."

Raytheon has been working with Australia for the last 14 years, to build the maritime surveillance capabilities behind the Australian Coastwatch program. Raytheon has provided 10 latest generation SeaVue systems and spares as well as training and lifecycle product support. Raytheon was recently recognized by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency after the SeaVue radar led to the discovery and interdiction of several low profile vessels distributing tens of thousands of kilograms of drugs off the coast of the United States.

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