LONDON, July 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN), acting through its Missile Systems business,
and Chemring Group (LSE: CHG) are finalizing plans to conduct a
live missile firing of the multirole CENTURION® launcher
at the Defence Training Estate on Salisbury Plain during the fourth
quarter of 2013.
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"Our plan is to launch a missile to help prove our capability
against a maneuvering surface threat such as a fast, swarming
attack craft," said Rick Nelson,
vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems' Naval and Area Mission
Defense product line. "Chemring's CENTURION® launcher,
coupled with a number of Raytheon's combat-tested missiles, brings
an entirely new dimension to ship self-defense to provide a
sea-based, inside-the-horizon platform protection system."
Low Cost Anti-Surface Weapon System
The solution to
counter fast inshore attack craft consists of a variety of Raytheon
missiles with ranges matched to the intended target. The missiles
would be fired from the Chemring CENTURION® launcher,
with initial target detection, tracking and identification provided
by the ship's sensors.
"This progression towards integrating CENTURION® with
Raytheon missiles to deliver a low-cost, effective and versatile
solution to increase naval platform protection is a significant
milestone," said Mark Papworth,
chief executive of Chemring Group. "This multimission single-launch
platform solution can be installed on a wide variety of surface
ships and provides defensive protection in both blue water and the
littorals, contributing to the layered defence philosophy against a
wide range of threats."
About Chemring
Chemring is a market leading manufacturing business supplying high
technology electronics and energetic products to over 60 countries
around the world. Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that
predominantly protect military people and platforms, providing
insurance against a constantly changing threat. These range from
countermeasures to protect aircraft, to ground-penetrating radar to
protect troops and vehicles from improvised explosive devices.
Chemring maintains balanced geographic and market profiles, with a
growing presence in non-NATO countries. Strong research and
development investment for new products and improvements in
technology allows Chemring to expand its addressable markets. For
more information, please visit www.chemring.co.uk.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2012 sales of
$24 billion and 68,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a
history of innovation spanning 91 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other
capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command,
control, communications and intelligence systems; as well as a
broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered
in Waltham, Mass. For more about
Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow us on Twitter
@raytheon.
Media Contacts
Raytheon Company
Missile Systems
London
John Patterson
+1.520.440.2194
Louisville,
Ky.
John Eagles
+1.502.364.6768
rmspr@raytheon.com
Chemring Group
Salisbury,
U.K.
Steve Kerchey
+44 (0) 1722 428636
info@chemringcm.com
SOURCE Raytheon Company
