. 24/7 Space News .
South Korea Buys Raytheon Patriot Air And Missile Defense Capability Upgrade

"Raytheon is committed to ensuring Patriot continues to provide our U.S. warfighters and international allies with a superior, affordable and reliable air and missile defense capability to meet current and future threats."
by Staff Writers
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 10, 2008
Raytheon has received an initial contract to provide engineering services related to a U.S. government Foreign Military Sale of the Patriot air and missile defense system to South Korea.

Raytheon expects significant follow-on awards to complete the system integration and to provide command and control, communications and maintenance support equipment, as well as the training of Korean operators and maintainers and technical assistance to the deployed systems.

"There is a strong continuing demand, both domestically and internationally, for the combat-proven Patriot system," said Joseph "Skip" Garrett, deputy of Patriot Programs for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.

"Our Patriot systems will provide South Korea the capability to defend itself from the full spectrum of air and missile threats.

Raytheon is committed to ensuring Patriot continues to provide our U.S. warfighters and international allies with a superior, affordable and reliable air and missile defense capability to meet current and future threats."

Raytheon is the prime contractor to the U.S. government for this Foreign Military Sales program, which is called SAM-X by South Korea.

This engineering services contract calls for Raytheon to perform preliminary planning and program development efforts for the integration of Patriot Fire Units into South Korea's national command and control structure.

Community
Email This Article
Comment On This Article

Related Links
Raytheon
Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com
Learn about nuclear weapons doctrine and defense at SpaceWar.com
All about missiles at SpaceWar.com
Learn about the Superpowers of the 21st Century at SpaceWar.com



Memory Foam Mattress Review
Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News


BrahMos-2 Production Plans Lay Ground Work For Indian Cruise Missile
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 07, 2008
The rapid development of the BrahMos joint Indian-Russian supersonic cruise missile project documents important and usually overlooked truths about the triangular Russian-U.S.-Indian strategic relationship.







  • Rockin' All Over the World -- The Top Ten for astronauts
  • Energia Hosts Second Convention For Students Of Space
  • Jules Verne ATV Declared Ready For Launch
  • Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: Why We Track The Trash

  • HiRISE Discovers A Possibly Once-Habitable Ancient Mars Lake
  • Mechdyne Enables Virtual Reality Of Mission To Mars
  • Mars And Venus Are Surprisingly Similar
  • Tenacious Spirit Might See Rover Through Martian Winter

  • Europe Launches Jules Verne Robot Space Freighter
  • Sea Launch Prepares For The Launch Of DirecTV 11
  • Russia To Launch US Communications Satellite On March 15
  • ILS To Launch Two SIRIUS Radio Satellite On Proton Breeze M

  • Falcon Investigates Pollution From The Dakar Metropolis Into Desert Dust Layers
  • NASA Extends Mission For Ball Aerospace-Built ICESat
  • CIRA Scientist Among Authors Of Book Celebrating 50 Years Of Earth Observations From Space
  • Indonesia To Develop New EO Satellite

  • New Horizons Crosses 9 AU
  • ASU Research Solves Solar System Quandary
  • Happy Second Birthday New Horizons
  • The PI's Perspective: Autumn 2007: Onward to the Kuiper Belt

  • The Last Confessions Of A Dying Star
  • Small Helper Stars Needed For Massive Star Formation
  • Dirty Space And Supernovae
  • US Experiment Takes The Lead In The Competitive Race To Find Dark Matter

  • Preparation For The Next Lunar Landing Leaps Across The Generation Gap
  • NASA Collaborates With Astronomers In Search For Moon Water
  • NASA shows off a moon robot
  • Northrop Grumman Integrating LCROSS Instruments

  • Mapcom Systems And Centina Systems Announce Strategic Alliance
  • Enhanced nuvi 2x5 Series Brings More Features And Options To Affordable Navigation
  • Multimedia And Entertainment Content For Portable GPS Navigation Devices In Development
  • TECO Peoples Gas Implements Trimble's UtilityCenter Enterprise GIS Solution Across Florida

  • The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2007 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement