Raytheon [RTN] has taken its sniper detection system Boomerang to the air, testing it on UH-60 Black Hawk and CH-47 Chinook helicopters, as it evolves the technology from systems used by vehicles and ground troops. The company now awaits a government decision on production that could come by the end of the year, a company official said. The acoustic passive detection system for hostile fire--Boomerang--“detects the first shot within a second,” said Roy Azevedo, head of Raytheon’s Advanced Concepts and…
