LEXINGTON, Mass., August 12, 1999 - Today Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTNA, RTNB) and the United States Air Force Reserve Command celebrated the fielding of a new C-130H3 weapon system trainer at the service's Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia.

The Raytheon-built simulator, which becomes part of the C-130H2/H3 Aircrew Training System at Dobbins ARB, will be used to train air force reserve, air national guard and active service C-130H3 pilots, co-pilots, navigators and flight engineers six days a week, 18 hours a day. This new C-130H3 weapon system trainer joins a similar Raytheon-built C-130H2 simulator at Dobbins ARB, which was delivered in November 1998

On an annual basis, approximately 180 C-130H3 aircrews will train on the simulator. A similar number of aircrews also are slated to train annually on the C-130H2 weapon system trainer.

Both C-130H2 and C-130H3 simulators meet Federal Aviation Administration Level D standards. As a result, the highly realistic flight fidelity of these simulators enable virtually all aircrew training to be accomplished in the trainers without having to conduct in-flight training.

Crews will practice takeoffs and landings in the C-130H3 simulator. The simulator also offers training on a wide range of mission scenarios including formation flight; instrument flight; emergency procedures; ground handling; low-level flying; and light, medium and heavy cargo air drop execution.

"This C-130H3 weapon system trainer joins the C-130H2 weapon system trainer as the highest fidelity C-130 simulators in the world," said Gary Nesta, Raytheon Systems Company's director of flight simulation. "These simulators are helping to offload training previously conducted in the actual aircraft, providing substantial savings to our Air Force customer."

The C-130H3 weapon system trainer is integrated with a six degrees of freedom motion base system that accurately simulates the aircraft's range of movement. The out-the-window visual scene projected within the simulator provides a 200° horizontal by 50° vertical wide field-of-view display.

As part of the C-130H2/H3 Aircrew Training System contract, Raytheon is responsible for all aspects of aircrew training including development and delivery of the weapon system trainers and computer-based training aids. In addition, Raytheon also provides aircrew instructors, maintains all training equipment and operates the program's Training System Support Center.

The Training System Support Center - which is staffed with Raytheon management, engineering and technical personnel - provides support in the areas of aircrew scheduling, modifying or updating the C-130H2/H3 Aircrew Training System, preserving system concurrency and ensuring operational requirements are met at Dobbins ARB.

Visual, radar and instructor station data bases that are 60 nautical miles square also can be developed in seven days at the Training System Support Center to allow aircrews to practice a simulated mission at a specific location prior to actual mission execution.

As part of the Training System Support Center, a Raytheon-designed training management system is supporting training systems evaluation. The training management system is coordinating scheduling, maintaining student records, managing training resources and analyzing crew force trends.

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.