TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 14, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to
develop and produce the next generation of Advanced Spectroscopic Portal
(ASP) nuclear detection capability.
The ASP contract, with an initial funded value of $18.2 million, places
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) at the forefront of border
security and national defense preventing the smuggling of nuclear materials
through ports of entry. The domestic market for these portals is estimated
to be greater than $1 billion.
Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) is leading a team that
includes Bubble Technology Industries (BTI) to produce a medium resolution
Advanced Spectroscopic Portal system.
"This contract represents the opening of a significant new market for
Raytheon and our partners," said Dan Smith, president of Raytheon IDS. "We
are committed to providing the best solutions with our core expertise in
system engineering and integration, manufacturing, program management, and
breakthrough technologies to protect the homeland. We look forward to
providing a reliable, affordable, and highly effective portal screening
system that will guard our nation against illicit threats."
Raytheon will provide prime program management, engineering
development, manufacturing, field support and research and development for
future systems improvements. BTI is a company with a global reputation in
nuclear physics. All work on the portals will be performed at IDS's SHINGO
award-winning Integrated Air Defense Center, Andover, Mass.
Advanced spectroscopic portals are panel-like devices that contain
detectors used to screen people, cars, trucks and containers for illicit
radioactive materials at some of the more than 600 ports of entry into the
United States. This new generation of portals is needed to improve
discrimination between innocent and threat materials, which will reduce the
number of false alarms compared to the first generation of screening
portals currently in place.
The ASP program will join Project Athena as key elements of IDS
homeland security initiatives. Project Athena, an open architecture
information fusion system that enables multi-domain situational awareness,
has been successfully fielded and demonstrated in operational environments.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a strong
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency and the U.S. armed forces.
Raytheon Company, with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an industry
leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people
worldwide.
Contact:
Guy Shields
978.858.5246
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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