Missile Systems
Louise Francesconi, President

Missile Systems (MS), with 2006 sales of $4.5 billion, is a leading producer of missile systems for U.S. and allied forces. Focusing on rapid, high-quality, affordable solutions, the business provides revolutionary technologies to increase warfighting capability in the evolving battlespace.

MS’ Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) continues to be one of the most carried air-to-air missiles in the U.S. arsenal and is now deployed in 32 countries around the world. Last year, MS also delivered the first production rounds of the GPS-guided Excalibur projectile, providing unprecedented accuracy for U.S. Army and Marine Corps artillery, and it responded to urgent warfighter needs with a Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System to counter rockets, artillery and mortars.

The business again demonstrated its advanced missile defense technologies with successful tests of its Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) and Standard Missile-3.

Applying its technologies to new markets, Raytheon earned a homeland security contract award for MS’ Vigilant Eagle system, which uses directed energy to protect aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.

Photo: (left) U.S. Navy F/A-18 loaded with AMRAAM, Sidewinder and HARM missiles. Photo courtesy of Daniel Rychcik.
Photo: (right) MS employee in the Space Operations facility, Tucson, Ariz.