LEXINGTON, Mass., July 8, 1998 -- A UH-1N weapon system trainer built by Raytheon Systems Company, a unit of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA, RTNB), has been accepted by the Naval Air Warfare Center's Training System Division and is being used to train U.S. Marine Corps pilots to fly the UH-1N multi-role helicopter.

This 24-foot dome-on-motion simulator, installed at Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Air Station, Calif., provides UH-1N two-man aircrews with full flight operations and weapon systems training. The UH-1N weapon system trainer enables pilot skills to be honed in the areas of normal and emergency procedures, instrument and navigation flight, formation and nap-of-the earth flight, ship and airfield take-offs and landings, external cargo operations, night vision goggle proficiency, threat avoidance and missile and gun employment.

UH-1N aircrews will view computer generated data base scenes over a 220° x 70° field-of-view dome display. This mission rehearsal-capable visual system data base encompasses 200,000 square miles of high detail of real terrain over the United States' West Coast.

Added realism has been brought to the UH-1N weapon system trainer through the integration of a heavy payload, high performance, six degree-of-freedom motion system that simulates the flight attitudes of the aircraft.

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.