Raytheon Electronic Systems awarded radar contract for Cyprus Airport upgrade.

BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 16, 1997--The Cyprus Telecommunications Authority has awarded Raytheon Electronic Systems (RES) a contract to provide a monopulse secondary survelliance radar (MSSR) for Lara, near Paphos, in the southwestern region of Cyprus.

The radar will be supplied by Raytheon Cossor, a subsidary of Raytheon Electronic Systems, located in Essex, England.

This $2 million award is the first phase of upgrades planned by Cyprus Authorities to enhance their national Air Traffic Control (ATC) system. In this phase, Raytheon's MSSR will be a standalone installation that will provide en route ATC coverage for Cyprus. It will provide improved safety for the growing number of travelers flying in and out of the country.

Raytheon, as a full service ATC systems provider, will also support this turnkey contract by providing an equipment shelter and tower for the radarUs operation.

Cyprus ATC authories expect that future upgrades will include an additional MSSR and a primary survelliance radar for Lannaca, and an area control center for Nicosia.

Raytheon is a long-standing manufacturer of high quality system components and has produced more solid-state air traffic control radars than all of its competitors combined. Sixty-two of these radars have been sold to international customers, and over 180 monopulse secondary radars have been sold to 18 countries.

Raytheon's experience in international air traffic control is extensive, ranging from individual airport installations to country-wide, multiple-site turnkey systems. In China, Raytheon has been chosen to provide systems and equipment to the Beijing, Zhuhai and Zhengzhou airports as well as four other sites in the People's Republic of China (Kunming, Nanchang, Xi'an, and Taiyuan). Raytheon is also providing systems for the existing Kai Tek and new Chek Lap Kok airports in Hong Kong.

The commissioning of the Beijing ATC system is the most recent in a long line of international air traffic control successes for Raytheon. Raytheon's state-of-the-art ATC systems have been chosen by numerous countries around the globe, including Norway, The Netherlands, India, Oman, the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, Germany, Switzerland, Jamaica, Brazil and Australia. In North America, Raytheon is providing display systems for the next generation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) systems, and is currently installing 47 terminal doppler weather radar systems in major airports and FAA Technical Centers across the United States.

Raytheon Company, headquartered in the United States, is a $12 billion international high technology company which operates in four businesses: commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, aircraft, and major appliances.

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