Raytheon Awarded Contract to Deliver JPALS to Japan

JPALS ensures enhanced safety and increased operational capability, guiding aircraft onto carriers and amphibious assault ships in all weather and surface conditions By Joseph Macey / 20 Feb 2023

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A foreign military sales contract will see Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business, deliver the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System (JPALS) to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Awarded by the US Navy’s Naval Air Traffic Management Systems Program Office (PMA-123), the software-based, high-integrity differential GPS navigation and precision landing system, will be deployed on the JS Izumo, the JMSDF’s carrier.

The JPALS system guides aircraft onto carriers and amphibious assault ships in all weather and surface conditions and is integrated on the F-35.

Denis Donohue, president, Surveillance and Network Systems at RI&S, said: “Over the past few years, we’ve been engaged with the U.S. Navy and Japan to deliver enhanced safety and increased operational capability to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, ensuring landing accuracy every time for pilots regardless of weather conditions. We have so far delivered 22 systems to the U.S. Navy on time or ahead of schedule, and we look forward to continuing that success for Japan.”

According to Raytheon, JPALS is being deployed on all US Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. All F-35 aircraft are enabled with the JPALS capability. In addition, JPALS is deployed on two international platforms, the UK Royal Navy’s HMS Queen Elizabeth, and the ITS Cavour, an Italian aircraft carrier, to support their F-35 squadron. Primary work locations for this effort are in Largo, Florida, and Fullerton, California.

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