Raytheon Team Successfully Demonstrates APKWS(TM) II Rocket Motor

TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 12, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- A Raytheon Company-led team
has successfully demonstrated the rocket motor for its Advanced Precision Kill
Weapon System II (APKWS(TM) II) 2.75-inch laser guided weapon system.

The five static test firings at the Aerojet test facility in Orange,
Calif., in September 2005, proved the design maturity of the innovative
tailfin and nozzle assembly, the operational reliability and the successful
integration of the tail fin assembly with the existing MK66 rocket motor.

A major benefit of the tail fin modification is the reduced ballistic
dispersion of both guided and unguided rockets, which was proven by six berm
tests in October, 2005, at Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center,
Socorro, N.M., and 13 ballistic test firings in October at Yuma Proving
Ground, Ariz. All demonstrated the predicted performance improvements.

The test also validated the capability of the Raytheon team to configure,
integrate and fire the APKWS II system from a standard M209 Army and M201 Navy
launcher.

"The test was a significant milestone for the Raytheon team and is a
technical separator from our competition," said Ken Pedersen, Raytheon Missile
Systems' vice president of Advanced Programs. "Our APKWS II system reuses
advanced precision fires technologies that are being fully matured under a
wide range of tri-service programs, significantly reducing development time,
cost and risk."

APKWS II will be a multi-service, multi-user, multi-platform system
designed to engage and destroy stationary, re-locatable and moving targets
ranging from buildings and bunkers to tactical vehicles. The weapon is also
optimized to fight in today's urban and complex terrain environment and
destroy small naval targets such as patrol craft.