INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technical Services
Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has
received two awards totaling $27.7 million from the U.S. Navy to provide
services and systems for the V-22 Osprey aircraft. The Naval Air Systems
Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
RTSC's Indianapolis facility will continue to provide systems and
software engineering services for the V-22 under tasking in the first
award. Aircraft avionics acquisition support services are also included.
The second award provides for continued development of the V-22 mission
planning system, interactive situational-awareness system, desktop
environment software, simulation products, and laboratory capability
packages. All work will be performed in the Indianapolis facility, which
has provided avionics systems and software for the V-22 for more than
twenty years.
"These awards demonstrate the level of customer satisfaction with the
support RTSC has provided the V-22 over the course of the aircraft's
history," said John Balaguer, RTSC vice president and general manager of
the company's Indianapolis-based business unit. "We have worked closely
with the customer since the inception of the V-22 program to provide
solutions and support that ensure the aircraft's mission success.
Consistently proven products and services and knowledgeable program
personnel who repeatedly demonstrate their quick-reaction capability have
given the customer the confidence to continually increase our role on the
program."
RTSC's role began with aircraft avionics acquisition support and
software development. The business then took on additional systems and
software engineering responsibilities for the software support activity and
also began to develop the mission-planning system and the simulation
product software for the program. Situational-awareness systems and the
creation of desktop environment software are more recent additions to the
RTSC tasking. The current awards expand the scope of the support provided
for the software support activity, as well as increasing the capability of
the facility's V-22 avionics laboratory.
The Indianapolis site recently achieved the highest Capability Maturity
Model Integration (CMMI(R)) rating for software engineering processes as a
result of its appraisal against the Carnegie Mellon University Software
Engineering Institute's CMMI models. The level 5 achievement reflects
RTSC's ability to apply the mature processes and tools needed to ensure
reliability, consistency and accuracy in the products they provide.
RTSC provides technology solutions for defense, federal and commercial
customers worldwide. It specializes in Mission Support,
counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism, base and range operations and
customized engineering services and manufacturing.
Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 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 more than 80,000
people worldwide.
Note to Editors:
The V-22 is the world's first production tiltrotor aircraft. A joint-
service, multi-mission aircraft with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL)
capability, it performs VTOL missions as effectively as a conventional
helicopter while also having the long-range cruise abilities of a twin
turboprop aircraft. The Marine Corps, the lead service in the development
of the Osprey, will use the MV-22B version as an assault transport for
troops, equipment and supplies, operating from ships or from expeditionary
airfields ashore. The Navy's MV-22B will provide combat search and rescue
and fleet logistic support transport. The Air Force CV-22 will conduct
long-range special operations missions.
(R)CMMI is registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by
Carnegie Mellon University.
Contact:
Linda Ban
317-306-7093
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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