New Raytheon STARS Displays Go Operational at Syracuse Hancock International Airport.

Business/Technology Editors

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2000

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has begun controlling arriving and departing air traffic at the Syracuse Hancock International Airport using new Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA, RTNB) developed air traffic controller workstations. Syracuse is the second key site of 173 in a planned FAA terminal area air traffic control (ATC) system and display modernization effort known as the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS). These new high-resolution color displays and computer systems are the first element of a phased strategy to deploy this new, state-of-the-art ATC system to all terminal ATC facilities throughout the National Airspace System (NAS).

Syracuse joins El Paso, Texas, as one of the first two STARS systems to go operational in the country. The El Paso STARS displays went operational last year on Dec.10. The successful integration and test of the STARS displays and emergency back up system, known as the STARS Early Display Configuration (EDC), with the existing automation system at these two key sites, is the first step in transitioning to the new STARS system.

&uot;Operational capability of the STARS EDC at Syracuse and earlier at El Paso is a critical first step in modernizing the FAA s terminal area ATC facilities throughout the National Airspace System,&uot; said Bob Eckel, vice president and manager of Raytheon's Domestic Air Traffic Control Programs. &uot;The STARS EDC provides a platform for a smooth transition to the full STARS system deployment.&uot;

Once STARS completes development, it will provide ATC automation for any size facility. Major advantages of the STARS system include new high-resolution

color displays that are 30 percent larger than the displays they replace. STARS provides a high reliability, open architecture design with significant built-in growth capability allowing for easy and rapid incorporation of new data processing enhancements and new technologies planned for the terminal area.

In parallel with FAA installations, Raytheon, the FAA and the Department of Defense (DoD) have recently completed operational testing of a baseline full service STARS system at Eglin AFB, Fla. DoD intends to implement the baseline full service STARS replacing aging equipment at DoD sites. Live operation of the STARS at Eglin AFB is planned to begin in the Spring of 2000. In addition, DoD recently completed operational testing of the new Raytheon ASR-11 digital airport surveillance radar installed at Eglin AFB that will provide the primary surveillance sensor for the new STARS at the air base.

STARS is a joint procurement for the FAA and DoD. Raytheon is under contract to develop and install STARS at 173 FAA terminal area control facilities and 199 military radar approach control facilities and associated ATC towers over the next decade.

Raytheon Company, based in Lexington, Mass., is a global technology leader that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, and business and special mission aircraft. Raytheon has operations throughout the United States and serves customers in more than 80 countries around the world.