Raytheon Co.

Communication Systems & Equipment

Telemetry System supports aircraft testing missions.

Integrating communications, optics, and telemetry capabilities, Mobile Range enables in-country flight testing, demonstrations, and data collection in variety of environments with minimal support staff or infrastructure. System combines parabolic or flat-panel antenna systems with remote optics for target and range monitoring and communicationsÂ- — all controlled from mobile command center....

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $16 Million for the Open-Architecture Ship Self Defense System

TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 27, 2007 / / - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has been awarded a $16.9 million Naval Sea Systems Command contract to equip multiple surface ships with the open-architecture Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Mk 2. SSDS provides the Navy with its first line of defense, the most advanced detect-to-engage capability to protect and defend the fleet, said Upinder Dhinsa, vice...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Raytheon-BAE Systems Bofors Excalibur Team Tests Extended-Range, Precision- Guided Artillery Projectiles

TUCSON, Ariz., May 18, 2007 -- The Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors Excalibur team test fired Excalibur Block Ia-2 precision-guided artillery projectiles at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., testing range April 10-17. The primary test objectives were to demonstrate the navigational function throughout the flight with live base bleed and to verify Excalibur's...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Raytheon, Aerojet Test New Propulsion System for Air-Launched Missile Defense System

TUCSON, Ariz., May 14 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has demonstrated a key propulsion component of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) program. NCADE is a missile defense system that will affordably leverage operational tactical missile technologies and infrastructure. As part of the NCADE risk-reduction program, Raytheon and partner Aerojet tested an advanced hydroxylammonium...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Raytheon Technology Can Help NASA Track Astronauts, Robots on the Moon

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Nov. 21, 2006 / - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), in partnership with Hamilton Sundstrand, successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its MicroLight(TM) networked, communications and navigation system at NASA's recent desert research and technical studies annual demonstration. Raytheon's MicroLight radio provides voice, data and situational awareness information to all users...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Raytheon Next-Generation GPS Receiver Tracks Live Satellite M-code for the First Time

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Nov. 6, 2006 // -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has achieved a key milestone on the Modernized User Equipment program by successfully acquiring and tracking for the first time a new M-code military signal transmitted by the latest-generation global positioning system satellite. Although the first modernized satellite, GPS Block IIR-14(M), has been operating with legacy signals...

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Safety & Security Equipment

Raytheon Launches New Security System to Protect Airport Perimeters, Sensitive Areas

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2006 / -- Raytheon Company has created an Integrated Airport Security System (IASS) that makes it easier for airports to ensure the safety of passengers from their arrival at the airport to departure in the aircraft. The company will showcase this new technology at the 78th annual American Association of Airport Executives Conference in San Diego, Calif., this week. Using a...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

Raytheon Delivers First Aircraft Self Protection Security System

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 19, 2006 -- Raytheon Company's Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business recently delivered to the Air Force the first prototype of an Aircraft Self Protection Security System (ASPSS). Using near object detection sensor (NODS) technology, the system provides electronic perimeter security for aircraft parked on the tarmac of an airfield or in a field location. Raytheon also...

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Software

Raytheon Enlists PDA 184 to Stamp Out 'Boot Mail'

FORT WAYNE, Ind., Nov. 28, 2005 -- Raytheon Company has demonstrated that a new personal computer application, the PDA 184, eliminates the need for deployed troops to download e-mail files to a disc and hand-carry them from one type of military radio to another. The practice, called boot mail, is a work-around that troops employ to overcome interoperability problems among ultra high frequency...

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Raytheon and WorldSpace Launch Cutting Edge Global Disaster Warning, Response and Recovery System in Sri Lanka

Satellite-Based Broadcast System to Save Lives, Minimize Disaster Impact WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 /-- What: Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) and WorldSpace Satellite Radio (NASDAQ:WRSP) test-launched the global Disaster Warning, Response, and Recovery (DWRR) broadcast system. The new system -- which combines commercial satellites, 24/7/365 network operations -- is the product of an alliance among the two...

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Communication Systems & Equipment

Telemetry System supports aircraft testing missions.

Integrating communications, optics, and telemetry capabilities, Mobile Range enables in-country flight testing, demonstrations, and data collection in variety of environments with minimal support staff or infrastructure. System combines parabolic or flat-panel antenna systems with remote optics for target and range monitoring and communicationsÂ- — all controlled from mobile command center....

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Raytheon Acquires Technology Associates to Expand Cybersecurity Capabilities

WALTHAM, Mass., Oct. 4, 2010 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has acquired Technology Associates Inc., a privately held company that delivers full life-cycle computer engineering to mission-critical programs in the U.S. intelligence community. Technology Associates' capabilities include data extraction and analysis; digital media intercept and exploitation; embedded system programming; and...

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Company News

Raytheon to Proceed with the Warfighter FOCUS Program

General Dynamics joins the Warrior Training Alliance RESTON, Va., Nov. 6, 2007 -- The U.S. Army has directed Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) to proceed with consolidating the Army's live, virtual and constructive training operations and support systems worldwide under the Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) contract. The Raytheon-led Warrior Training Alliance (WTA) will move forward...

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Raytheon Completes Acquisition of Oakley Networks

Integration of Oakley capabilities enhances strong information security portfolio GARLAND, Texas, Oct. 23, 2007 /-- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of Oakley Networks, Inc., a privately held technology company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and a recognized leader in cyber-security and data leakage prevention systems. The purchase of Oakley...

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Company News

Raytheon to Partner with Army on Integrated Air and Missile Defense

McKINNEY, Texas, Oct. 9, 2007 / -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, or CRADA, with the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command-U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC-ARSTRAT) to investigate improvements to integrated air and missile defense mission effectiveness. Under the five-year agreement, Raytheon will develop and implement a...

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Company News

Raytheon Announces Agreement to Purchase Oakley Networks

GARLAND, Texas, Sept. 20, 2007 /-- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Oakley Networks, a leading developer of cyber-security technology. Terms of the agreement were not released. Oakley Networks was founded in 2001 to deliver security solutions to the U.S. government and Fortune 500 companies to protect their most critical information...

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Company News

Raytheon Teams with Booz Allen Hamilton to Pursue the FAA's Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution Program

RESTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2007 -- Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), has signed a teaming agreement with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., to pursue the Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control Optimum Training Solution (ATCOTS) program. ATCOTS is the FAA's program to procure a performance-based solution for training of new and current...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $16 Million for the Open-Architecture Ship Self Defense System

TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 27, 2007 / / - Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has been awarded a $16.9 million Naval Sea Systems Command contract to equip multiple surface ships with the open-architecture Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) Mk 2. SSDS provides the Navy with its first line of defense, the most advanced detect-to-engage capability to protect and defend the fleet, said Upinder Dhinsa, vice...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Raytheon-BAE Systems Bofors Excalibur Team Tests Extended-Range, Precision- Guided Artillery Projectiles

TUCSON, Ariz., May 18, 2007 -- The Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors Excalibur team test fired Excalibur Block Ia-2 precision-guided artillery projectiles at the White Sands Missile Range, N.M., testing range April 10-17. The primary test objectives were to demonstrate the navigational function throughout the flight with live base bleed and to verify Excalibur's...

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Explosives, Armaments, and Weaponry

Raytheon, Aerojet Test New Propulsion System for Air-Launched Missile Defense System

TUCSON, Ariz., May 14 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN) has demonstrated a key propulsion component of the Network Centric Airborne Defense Element (NCADE) program. NCADE is a missile defense system that will affordably leverage operational tactical missile technologies and infrastructure. As part of the NCADE risk-reduction program, Raytheon and partner Aerojet tested an advanced hydroxylammonium...

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