LEXINGTON, Mass., May 5, 1999 - Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA, RTNB) has been awarded a $3.6 million dollar one-year contract by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works to provide contractor logistics support and engineering services for an F-117 weapon systems trainer and one integrated support facility. The contract, which has seven additional one-year options, could grow to nearly $28 million.

"The contractor logistics support and engineering support services we will be providing in the coming years will ensure concurrency between the F-117 weapon systems trainer, the program's integrated support facility and the latest upgrades being made to the aircraft," said Gary Nesta, Raytheon Systems Company's director of flight simulation. "This level of concurrency is essential because all F-117 pilots must be trained and certified in the simulator prior to ever flying the aircraft."

The F-117 weapon systems trainer, located at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., is a high-fidelity training device that provides selected safety-of-flight training. In addition, pilots can hone their navigation, tanker rendezvous, refueling, target identification and weapons deployment skills during simulated missions.

Raytheon's Binghamton, N.Y. facility is home to the F-117 integrated support facility, which is used to design, verify and test upgrades that need to be made to the weapon systems trainer to stay concurrent with aircraft modifications.

Raytheon Company, based in Lexington, Mass., is a global technology leader that provides products and services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, engineering and construction, and business and special mission aircraft. Raytheon has operations throughout the United States and serves customers in more than 80 countries around the world.