Raytheon awarded $52 million for IRIDIUM antennas.BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 1997--Raytheon Electronics Systems announced today that it has been awarded a $52.4 million contract by Motorola for 25 additional shipsets of Iridium iridium (ĭrĭd`ēəm), metallic chemical element; symbol Ir; at. no. 77; at. wt. 192.22; m.p. about 2,410°C;; b.p. about 4,130°C;; sp. gr. 22.55 at 20°C;; valence +3 or +4. Main Mission Antennas. The IRIDIUM(r) Program is a satellite-based wireless-telephone system that will allow users to make calls to anyone, anywhere in the world. Raytheon is currently under contract to develop and produce eighty (80) satellites worth of Main Mission Antennas (MMAs). The Main Mission Antennas is a phased array antenna which provides the L-Band RF links to the IRIDIUM(r) Individual Subscriber Units (ISU ISU Iowa State University ISU Issue ISU Idaho State University ISU Illinois State University ISU Indiana State University ISU International Skating Union ISU International Space University ISU I-Shou University (Taiwan) ). The MMA (Microcomputer Managers Association, Inc.) A membership organization with chapters throughout the U.S. that was devoted to educating personnel responsible for personal computers. It disbanded in 1996. Mma - A fast Mathematica-like system, in Allegro CL by R. Fateman, 1991. is populated with Transmit/Receive modules and Power Regulators produced at Raytheon's Quincy facility and Power Amplifier Power amplifier The final stage in multistage amplifiers, such as audio amplifiers and radio transmitters, designed to deliver appreciable power to the load. assemblies produced at Raytheon's ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. facility. The RF patch element production and assembly, integration and test of the MMA are performed at Raytheon's Waltham plant. The addition of the MMA panels for the twenty-five satellites brings the current contract total to $272.9M. C. Dale Reis, senior vice president, deputy general manager of Raytheon Electronic Systems stated, "This award reaffirms Raytheon's presence as the leader in phased array antenna commercial space communications Space communications Communications between a vehicle in outer space and Earth, using high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (radio waves). Provision for such communication is an essential requirement of any space mission. technology." The first delivery of the production antennas occurred in December 1995, with the last delivery expected in October 2000. The baseline sixty-six (66) satellite constellation is expected to be fully deployed and operational by September 1998. Raytheon Company, headquartered in Lexington, Mass., is a $12.3 billion international high technology company which operates in four business areas: commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, aircraft and major appliances. CONTACT: Raytheon Blanche Necessary, 703/416-5807 |
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