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Raytheon Seeks To Broaden Market For Advanced Array Radar

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

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Raytheon [RTN] recently completed delivery of its 300th AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) and is looking to broaden the international market for the advanced fighter jet radar. The 300-mark includes deliveries to the U.S. military and the Royal Australian Air Force, which received the AESAs with the 24 F/A-18F Super Hornets it purchased from Boeing [BA], Larry Seeley, Raytheon’s director of strategy, business and development for Tactical Airborne Systems, told reporters yesterday. Boeing completed delivery of the jets in…

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