Oslo Lufthavn AS-OSL- Commissions World's First Fully Automated Integrated Tower System at Gardermoen Airport.

GARDERMOEN, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999--

Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTNA)(NYSE:RTNB) achieved another significant air traffic management milestone with the operational commissioning of the world?s first integrated tower air traffic control (ATC) system at the new airport at Gardermoen, Norway. Oslo Lufthavn AS (OSL) placed it in operation earlier this month only three months after system acceptance.

Raytheon's integrated tower ATC system, called the Integrated Controller Workstation (ICW), provides tower controllers with interactive, dynamically updated electronic flight strips for all phases of departures and landings. This system minimizes manual controller actions and displays the most up-to-date flight status and airport conditions to each controller in real time. The ICW human machine interface is based on a prototype system developed jointly between the Norwegian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA) controllers and Eurocontrol. This joint effort ensured early controller acceptance of the new paperless environment.

The ICW displays data from the Airport Search Radar and Airport Surface Detection Equipment radar. It also provides instrument landing system status, meteorological messages, automatic terminal information system messages, and gate assignments to the controller. The ICW displays all the information on a single workstation instead of separate displays.

All information is shown on dual display workstations using standard x-window technology and commercially available computer equipment. The ICW system is designed to minimize controller inputs, provide efficient silent coordination with the Air Traffic Control Center (ATCC) departure/arrival control sectors, and handle increased air traffic. It raises ATCC efficiency by minimizing controller workload per flight and allowing more flights to be monitored.

Raytheon's ICW interfaces with the NCAA's Air Traffic Control Center at Royken, Norway for the exchange of flight plan data, radar data, and control of aircraft. The ICW also interfaces with critical airport systems, which direct their data to a single controller position, such as Time Reference System, Un-interruptible Power Source, Traffic Information System, Gate Management System via the Traffic Information System, Noise and Track Monitoring System, Surface Movement and Ground Control System, Voice Communication Control System, and Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network via the ATCC.

The Gardermoen ICW system contract was awarded to Raytheon and its subcontractor, Indra ATM of Spain, in June 1996. Both Raytheon and Indra ATM also participated in the original Norwegian CAA Air Traffic Control Center project at Royken. Indra ATM is a joint venture between Raytheon and Indra S.A.

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.