CHARLOTTE, N.C., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Aircraft Company (RAC) has selected Goodrich's SkyWatch(R) HP Collision Avoidance System as a standard equipment for all 2002 King Air B200 and 350 models. RAC is completing the installation certification and will begin to take delivery of the systems in the fourth quarter of this year.

"We are very excited to have Raytheon as one of the first customers for the new SkyWatch HP system," states Adrienne Stevens, Director of Sales & Marketing at Goodrich's Avionics Systems divison. "The SkyWatch HP system is well matched with the high performance, speed and cost targets of the King Air B200 and 350 series." The SkyWatch HP system will be displayed on a Goodrich Stormscope(R) WX-1000 3" dedicated Cathode Ray Tube display.

With the ability to track and display traffic out to 35 nmi (depending on display option), SkyWatch HP builds on the success of the popular SkyWatch(R) system. The increased power of this system adds an effective closure rate of 1200 knots, allowing aircraft at speeds of up to 600 knots each to effectively track each other from a greater distance. The SkyWatch HP system has the flexibility to be installed as either a Traffic Advisory System (TAS) or as a Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS I), depending on the display and antenna configuration.

SkyWatch HP also has enhanced display options such as an ARINC 429 EFIS output for interface with compatible EFIS. The HP version, as with the original SkyWatch, allows pilots the option of displaying traffic onto a variety of Multi-Function Displays as well as overlaying traffic information on weather radar indicators using Goodrich's versatile Radar Graphics Computer model RGC250. The new SkyWatch HP also has the ability to share a 3" ATI CRT display with the Stormscope model WX-1000 Weather Mapping System.

SkyWatch HP is ADS-B ready in anticipation of the Free Flight air traffic management environment of tomorrow. The system is an active surveillance traffic advisory system that operates as an air-to-air or ground-to-air interrogation device. After receiving replies to its interrogations, the SkyWatch HP system computes the responding aircraft's range, bearing, relative altitude and closure rate, predicting potential traffic conflicts. Aural traffic alerts are annunciated through the aircraft's existing audio system or headsets and visual targets are displayed using TCAS-like symbology.

Goodrich's Avionics Systems division designs complete integrated cockpit flight controls and display systems. Its SmartDeck(TM) EFIS system incorporates technologies such as SkyWatch and SkyWatch(R) HP collision avoidance, Stormscope(R) weather mapping, LandMark(TM) terrain awareness, and GH-3000 electronic standby and navigation instrumentation. Additionally, SmartDeck will feature Goodrich's Highway In The Sky (HITS) and Synthetic Vision (SV) technologies. To learn more, visit www.goodrichavionics.com.

With 2000 sales of $4.4 billion, Goodrich Corporation (NYSE: GR) is a leading worldwide supplier of aerospace components, systems and services, as well as engineered industrial products, which the company plans to spin off to shareholders in early 2002. Goodrich is ranked by Fortune magazine as one of the "Most Admired" aerospace companies and is included on Forbes magazine's "Platinum List" of America's best big companies. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, the company employs 23,000 people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.goodrich.com.

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