MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Raytheon marked a milestone for its Target Verification System following a successful demonstration with a U.S. Navy F/A-18 aircraft.
U.S. company Raytheon recently participated in the U.S. military and coalition partner Bold Quest operational demonstration. Raytheon says its Battlefield Target Identification Device integrated with its Target Verification System was mounted on a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter aircraft for the demonstration.
Officials say initial demonstration data suggests the Battlefield Target Identification Device with the Target Verification System "performed well" in the air-to-ground role successfully providing combat identification information, a release said.
"Raytheon's Battlefield Target Identification Device was seamlessly integrated with the aircraft's target acquisition system and provided clearly defined combat ID information on the pilot's multifunction display," Glynn Raymer, Raytheon Network Centric Systems Combat Systems vice president, said in a statement.
"For air-to-ground purposes, the device is configured the same as ground-to-ground applications and employs Raytheon's proven Target Verification System technology."
