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Raytheon Offers 360-Degree Radar To Poland, Germany In Patriot System Upgrade

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, July 14th, 2014

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Raytheon Offers 360-Degree Radar To Poland, Germany In Patriot System Upgrade

Patriot Fire Unit Photo: Raytheon

Raytheon’s [RTN] Patriot Air and Missile Defense-System offering for Poland and Germany's missile defense programs includes solid-state advanced radar providing 360-degree coverage as a co-development opportunity. Poland recently chose Raytheon’s Patriot and a consortium of Thales and MBDA for its mid-range missile defense system program. Raytheon has a similar offering for Germany’s missile defense. For both bids, Raytheon is offering the 360-degree radar. For both countries, there is a co-development opportunity for an open architecture common command and control (C2)…

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