Raytheon's [RTN] airborne Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) has exceeded one million operational hours, a company official said. "We're at a million operational hours and we're at 1,000 systems," said Andy Bonnot, product line director for Space and Airborne Systems Surveillance & Targeting Systems at Raytheon. That's a 10-fold increase from August 2005, when Raytheon delivered its 100th MTS system, and had approximately 100,000 hours of fielded operations. The MTS is an advanced electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) system that provides long-range surveillance, high-altitude…
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