Jenoptik, Raytheon partner on generators for global Patriot

Tewksbury, Massachusetts – Raytheon Company is partnering with the Jenoptik subsidiary Lechmotoren, a part of the Jenoptik Defense & Civil Systems division, to produce advanced power generators for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense system. Under terms of this new contract, Jenoptik will build power plants, power generators, test equipment, and spares for one of Patriot's global partners. Raytheon and Jenoptik are also discussing opportunities to supply power generation equipment for two additional Patriot partner nations, including one from NATO.

 

"Raytheon looks forward to continuing its meaningful partnership with Jenoptik well into the future. This effort underscores our ongoing commitment to deepen existing, and develop new, partnerships with German industry," said Ralph Acaba, vice president of Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems business. "The 13-nation global Patriot network offers Jenoptik and other industry partners access to an export market of established users worldwide – an opportunity unique to the Patriot system."

 

"This order is another milestone to us in the long-term partnership between Raytheon and Jenoptik", says Jenoptik President and CEO Michael Mertin. "We are convinced that we can continue to contribute to the Patriot success story with our innovative products. Jenoptik is currently developing a new hybrid power supply for the Patriot system, after proving the functionality of the power supply's prototype in March 2015."

 

As an integrated photonics group, Jenoptik divides its activities into five divisions: Lasers & Material Processing, Optical Systems, Industrial Metrology, Traffic Solutions, and Defense & Civil Systems. The Jenoptik Group headquarters are in Jena, Germany.