IEEE Joint Huntsville Section & AES Meeting

Cliff Johnson, Raytheon

"Sentinel (Army Air Defense Tracking Radar System)"

Thursday, February 13th, 2003

11:15am - 1:00pm

Piccadilly's Cafeteria (Madison Square Mall)

Please contact Sonya Hutchinson at 544-3312, if you plan to attend. You may also email her at: Sonya.Hutchinson@msfc.nasa.gov.

Biographical Sketch: Mr. Johnson is the Sentinel Business Development Manager for Raytheon's Battlefield Radars business unit in El Segundo, CA. He is responsible for identifying and developing new customers both foreign and domestic for Sentinel and for recommending improvements to the system to meet future requirements. Mr. Johnson graduated from California State University, Fullerton with a B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering and completed his Executive Management coursework at UCLA. He has 20 years experience in military defense. Before joining Battlefield Radars he was responsible for the test and integration of Improved High Frequency Radio Products as part of Raytheon's (formerly Hughes) Ground Systems Group business unit.

Abstract: Sentinel is a 360-degree Army Air Defense track-while-scan radar. More than 125 radars have been produced and fielded with the Active Army and National Guard units. Sentinel provides air picture information and cueing for Stinger based systems. The Army and Marine Corps are both looking at Sentinel to provide fire control for Surfaced Launched AMRAAM missiles in the future. Sentinel was used by the US Army at both the Atlanta and Salt Lake City Olympics to monitor the airspace for possible terrorists, and has been deployed to Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afganistan.

1. You do not have to be an IEEE member to attend. All guests are welcome.

2. We will eat from 11:15 - 11:45am and the talk will begin at 11:45am. All lunch will be Dutch treat. The price for lunch is about $7.95. (Cost subject to food selection.)

3. The Piccadilly Cafeteria is located in the Madison Square Mall directly across from Ruby Tuesday Restaurant.