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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 14 Jan 1987, p. 10

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SALES 749â€"7949 GUELPH SALT & SERVICE 746â€"0024 763â€"3100 METRE INITIATED â€" 20,000 Grain Unit $859.00 Value NOW 20,000 Grain Unit $804.00 Vailue NOW * includes instaliation, tax, LIMITED TIME OFFER Waterioo‘s Raytheon Canada is gearâ€" ing up to hire another 30 employees this year, as a result of winning federal contracts worth $27 million for work on | uy is e o > t o es 22 t # ‘“% ”( ';: s ' f n L in 3A 9 Fé C l j f fi. 4A \ _ |~|[f4e i |ge % ~ - â€" W $ * o ow hs Apy 3 e â€" S Above: Raytheon vice president P ts t . <_u, * , 1ff Joinn Elvideg and Waterioo North l * \., ~~%2e _â€"_â€"=â€"â€"». _., 3g4 ! J MP Waiter McLean sign the $5.68 e o THAT y +mas â€"~ 1‘ l million tederal contract. Left: a l g* e Â¥ _ £ i :c a0 l i® 3N prototype of the new radar system h is C io fi"ki C m ~ SÂ¥I@ has been built by Raytheon near 96â€"# _5z 4R ai% BJ â€" s t Peterborough. â€" i 2 .. | e oi | y 1@ 54 ... . s ac ind e P io OPEN SATURDAY supply of sait â€" zunocn..u.) Kitchener & Waterioo _ C58â€"1350 Rolling along at Raytheon More employees to be hired for contract work s of Water Treatment Equipment radar systems at Canada‘s airports. Announced Thursday by Waterioo MP Walter McLean, these contracts involve $5.68 million to supply spare parts for control radar network, and $21.2 million John Elvideg and Waterioo North MP Waiter McLean sign the $5.68 million federal contract. Left: a prototype of the new radar system has been built by Raytheon near worth $500 million to upgrade outdated radar equipment at 24 airports and 17 Raytheon is already working on two Sutpn Emmne: New tenborg . us * # and area. To e@Love Seat § o Wali WAREKOUSE 2 WEEKS ONLY ALAN RIGBY‘S LAâ€"Zâ€"BOY GALLERY 46 King St. M Wateric© €M n STORE completion scheduled within the followâ€" ing three years. A prototype unit is now being tested at Norwood, Ontario, locatâ€" ed just east of Peterborough. RAMP represents a first for Canadaâ€" the world‘s first all solid state civil air traffic control newtwork. Company offiâ€" cials said the RAMP technology makes Raytheon a leader in the field and a contender for the installation of radar systems around the world. Raytheon is currently pursuing contracts in Trinâ€" idad, the Carribbean, Singapore and the Far East almost two decades, difficult and expensive government to maintain completed a 29,000â€"squareâ€"foot addition to its Phillip Street plant last June. Total annual sales for the Waterloo company have quadrupled during the last three years, with export sales in 1986 reaching a record $29 million. The new radar units will be capable of sending and receiving signals from aircraft up to 250 nautical miles away and at a level of 70,000 feet, and can track aircraft within 80 nautical miles of each primary radar base. The existing radar system has been in service for as it begins to assemble the RAMP units. The company‘s workforce, which now stands at 500, has doubled since Raytheon won the RAMP contract in May of 1984. To accommodate this increase in work and staff, Raytheon Transport Canada‘s Radar Modernizaâ€" tion Project (RAMP). ‘‘These radar systems being introâ€" duced through RAMP represent the most modern state of the art computer technology, and the continued mainteâ€" nance service involved will ensure the navigation system for Canada well into the next century," said McLean. According to Raytheon Vice President John Elvidge, the company plans to hire a total of 100 new employees during 1987 as it begins to assemble the RAMP units. The company‘s workforce, which now stands at 500, has doubled since Raytheon won the RAMP contract in Elvidge said the first SALE front and Rear for of the RAMP the federal

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