History
| 1898 | First Polar expedition by Dr. Hermann Anschütz Idea: to find a new travel route to USA via the North Pole with a submarine |
| 1904 | Invention and patenting of the first gyro compass “GYROSCOPE” |
| 1905 | Founding of ANSCHÜTZ & CO in Kiel |
| 1907 | The world's first gyro compass in operation |
| 1912 | The first three gyro compass on board a ship |
| 1920 | World's first autopilot for ships (“Iron Helmsman”) |
| 1925 | Start of production of the two-gyrosphere compass (developed with help of Max Schuler, Prof. Albert Einstein) |
| 1930 | Dr. Anschütz-Kaempfe transfers his majority shares to Carl Zeiss |
| 1945 | Destruction and dismantling of the factory during World War II |
| 1952 | Reconstruction of the Anschütz factory in Kiel-Wik |
| 1952 | Further development of the gyro compass and beginning of production for commercial shipping; around 90 employees |
| 1956 | Development of an autopilot which controls the ship's heading on an electro-mechanical basis |
| 1964 | Development of a horizon gyro system; about 400 employees |
| 1969 | Development of a gyro compass with scaleddown gyrosphere |
| 1969 | Development of the first electrical autopilot |
| 1974 | Development of the first computersupported course and track controller |
| 1976 | Incorporation of the sister company Zeiss Ikon AG, Kiel with there cinemascope product program into Anschütz & Co. GmbH; about 1,300 employees |
| 1980 | Development of a heading reference, 3axial stabilized platform for technical research and naval applications |
| 1982 | Development of an "adaptive autopilot" |
| 1985 | Development of a microprocessor-controlled navigation and steering control system |
| 1988 | Development of a navigation and information display for the "modern bridge" |
| 1991 | Introduction of a product line for sophisticated seagoing yachts |
| 1991 | Development of navigation and planning system |
| 1995 | Raytheon Company, USA, acquires the nautical and cinema product line of Anschütz & Co. GmbH, new company name: Raytheon Anschütz GmbH |
| 1995 | Introduction of the modular bridge design IBS |
| 1996 | Introduction of the Electronic Sea Chart |
| 1996 | Raytheon Anschütz acquires Standard Radio, Sweden |
| 1998 | Introduction of the new Pathfinder/ST MK 2 Radar Generation |
| 2000 | Relocation of Radar and ECDIS production to Kiel |
| 2002 | Introduction of the Autopilot-Series NautoPilot 2015/2025/2035 |
| 2003 | Introduction of the new Gyro Compass-Series Standard 22 |
| 2003 | Introduction of the new GPS-Compass Standard 21 |
| 2004 | Introduction of the new PC-based Radars, type NSC 25 and NSC 34 |
| 2008 | Development and introduction of Raytheon Multifunctional Systems |
