Military & Aerospace Electronics:
Missile experts at Raytheon Co. will carry out revolutionary new test and measurement procedures for circuit cards of the U.S. Navy Raytheon Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) under terms of a $18.2 million contract modification announced Wednesday.
Officials of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in Dahlgren, Va., are asking experts at the Raytheon Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., to develop testing for circuit card assemblies and circuit card stacks using the Presidio Gen 2 Block IV/V automated test architecture for the SM-3 Block IIA missile.
The Presidio Gen 2 Block IV/V automated test architecture represents a breakthrough in testing automation for production of Raytheon’s SM-3 missile. It replaces 17 test positions and 27 environmental conditioning systems with one automated installation.
Presidio circuit card test and measurement also combines advanced commercial technologies like robotic material handling, multi-plane vibration, universal solid-state test interfaces, and new test executive software, Raytheon officials say.
Raytheon, Keysight Technologies Inc. in Santa Rosa, Calif. (formerly Agilent), and the U.S. Navy developed the Presidio Gen 2 Block IV/V automated test and measurement system originally for the Raytheon Standard Missile 2 (SM-2).
Presidio technology now is extending to the Raytheon SM-3 missile, and will bring about innovative changes to the testing process for Raytheon’s entire missile systems business, company officials say.
SM-3 missiles are part of the armament for Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyers and Ticonderoga-class cruisers. These missiles can acquire, track, and destroy incoming ballistic missiles.
