Providing meteorologists greater knowledge of atmospheric and space weather
conditions
AURORA, Colo., Feb. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
will head a team of technology leaders to pursue a National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite R series known as GOES-R ground segment. The GOES
program provides the nation with continuous severe weather sentinels in
space.
GOES-R satellites will not only provide critical weather observations
for severe weather events such as hurricanes, but they will also provide
key enhancements in observational capabilities for climate, oceans and
coasts, and the space environment. GOES-R will take environmental data
collection and analysis and weather forecasting to new heights.
Raytheon GOES-R team members include Lockheed Martin, Arctic Slope
Regional Corporation, Omitron, Orbital Network Engineering, Silicon
Graphics Inc., STC-METSAT, SM Resources Corp., RT Logic, and Photon
Research Associates, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon.
"As the prime contractor, Raytheon will lead this team of foremost
experts in the fields of ground segment technology and system integration,"
said Michael D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon's Intelligence and
Information Systems (IIS) business. "Together, these trusted partners bring
more than 60 years of experience in providing environmental processing
systems."
Additionally, Raytheon has added academia's foremost scientific support
provided by The University of Oklahoma and The University of California,
Los Angeles, in the areas of data mining, training, development, modeling
and simulation, scene generation, and data verification and validation.
Based in Garland, Texas, Raytheon IIS is a leading provider of
information and intelligence solutions to the government. Raytheon IIS has
annual revenues of approximately $2.7 billion and employs more than 9,000
engineering and technical professionals worldwide.
Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 85
years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a
broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham,
Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Gay Beach
703.876.1961
gbeach@raytheon.com
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