Standard Missile Company Awarded $43.4M Contract for Navy SM-2 BLOCK IV Missile Production.LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998--The U. S. Navy has awarded a $43.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract to Standard Missile The Standard Missile is a type of surface-to-air missile (SAM) originally developed for the United States Navy (USN). The SM-1 was developed as a replacement for the RIM-2 Terrier and RIM-24 Tartar systems deployed in the 1950s on a variety of USN ships. Company, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , for production of SM-2 Block IV (AEGIS ER) missiles. This contract modification to Standard Missile Company will provide 20 SM-2 Block IV missile rounds and various section level spares, shipping containers and handling equipment. STANDARD missile is an all-weather, ship-launched, medium to long range surface-to-air missile sur·face-to-air missile n. Abbr. SAM A guided missile launched from land or sea against an airborne target. Noun 1. family, widely deployed aboard combatant ships of the U.S. and allied navies. It is the U.S. Navy's primary surface-to-air weapon A surface-launched weapon for use against airborne targets. Examples include missiles, rockets, and air defense guns. against hostile aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles. The Block IV missile is the latest Extended Range variant of STANDARD missile and is designed for employment in the AEGIS cruiser and destroyer fleet. The missile's design includes state-of-the-art technologies to achieve substantially improved kinematics kinematics: see dynamics. kinematics Branch of physics concerned with the geometrically possible motion of a body or system of bodies, without consideration of the forces involved. (crossrange, downrange down·range adv. & adj. In a direction away from the launch site and along the flight line of a missile test range: landed a thousand miles downrange; the downrange target area. , and very high altitude) performance and increased effectiveness against reduced signature, high-speed, maneuvering targets. SM-2 Block IV missile has been chosen by the U.S. Navy as the baseline for the urgent development of a sea-based tactical ballistic missile A tactical ballistic missile is a ballistic missile designed for short-range battlefield use. Typically range is less than 300 km. Tactical ballistic missiles are usually mobile to ensure survivability and quick deployment, as well as carrying a variety of warheads to target enemy defense capability. Standard Missile Company is owned by Raytheon Company. Work on this contract will be performed in McLean, Va., Tucson Ariz., San Jose and Irvine, Calif. and Camden, Ark., and will be completed by December 2000. Raytheon Company, based in Lexington, Mass., is a global technology leader with worldwide sales of more than $20 billion and more than 118,000 employees. The company provides state-of-the-art 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. CONTACT: Raytheon Company Dave Shea, 703.284.4245 http:www.raytheon.com |
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