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Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) is a major business segment of US defense conglomerate Raytheon. Headquartered in McKinney, Texas, SAS has a total employment of 12,000 and 2010 sales of US$ 4.8 billion. Rick Yuse is the segment's President. Yuse succeeded Jon Jones who died in March 2010.

Key SAS capabilities include:

  • Airborne radars and processors
  • Electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensors
  • Electronic warfare (EW) and precision guidance systems
  • Active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars
  • Space and missile defense technology
  • Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems

    • SAS has significant engineering and manufacturing facilities in El Segundo and in McKinney, Texas; an electronic warfare center in Goleta, California; and a consolidated manufacturing facility in Forest, Mississippi.

    SAS is a subcontractor in the development program for the next-generation airborne radar system, the Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program or MP-RTIP.

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    Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Wikipedia
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