Canberra AUSTRALIA, 4 December 2008

Raytheon Australia Managing Director, Mr. Ron Fisher, has announced that Cirrus Real Time Processing Systems has been awarded the Raytheon Australia Capability Partner Award.

Mr. Fisher presented the award to Cirrus' Managing Director, Mr. Peter Freed at the Raytheon Australia 2008 SME Forum, in the presence of other SME's and the Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, the Hon. Greg Combet MP.

"I am delighted that Raytheon is associated with such highly capable SME's. They bring immense credit to the Australian defence industry and show the way for a great many other SME's with whom our company is proud to do business," Mr Fisher said.

For further information about the Raytheon Australia SME Forum, please refer to the news release on http://www.raytheon.com.au or contact Mr Peter Freed, (02) 9281 4449 or e-mail

Peter Freed, Managing Director of Cirrus (centre) receiving the award with Greg Combet, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence Procurement (left) and Ron Fisher, Managing Director of Raytheon Australia (right).