Raytheon to Expand Mississippi Plant

Raytheon recently announced plans to increase the size of its manufacturing facility in Forest, Miss., by more than 20,000 square feet and hire more than 150 new workers.

Already one of the largest defense manufacturing plants in Mississippi at 340,000 square feet, the Raytheon plant will see an increase in capacity with the new positions expected to be added over time.

"Forest will be expanded to support anticipated growth in airborne radar and electronic warfare markets," said Rick Yuse, Raytheon's space and airborne systems president. "During the past three decades, Raytheon's success in Mississippi has resulted in the addition of more than 30 programs and three shifts per day to ensure that the world's most advanced military forces have access to our technology."

This year, the Forest plant ramped up its fighter jet radar production rates 10-fold, achieving a 2012 on-time delivery rate of 100 percent. It also celebrated an industry-first milestone with the delivery of more than 500 active electronically scanned array (AESA) aircraft radars.

In addition to fighter jet radars, the facility makes the Sentinel air defense radar, with 57 additional models in production for the U.S. Army.

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