Mission Support leader to provide enhanced operations and maintenance to
Air Force Satellite Control Network
AURORA, Colo., March 28, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) will lead an industry team in pursuit of Network and
Space Operations & Maintenance, or NSOM, a program to provide operations
and maintenance services to the Air Force Satellite Control Network.
The NSOM program, which will be administered by the Air Force Space
Command's 50th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., will be
executed over the next seven years.
"Raytheon is a proven leader of Mission Support solutions for our
customers as well as proven ground systems experts that provide customers
success for their mission needs," said Steven Hawkins, vice president of
National Systems for Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS)
business.
The NSOM program will provide operations, maintenance and logistics
support to a number of Department of Defense space systems that include but
are not limited to the defense satellite communications system earth
terminals; MILSTAR earth terminals; data link terminals; Air Force
satellite control network remote tracking stations; global positioning
system ground antennas, monitor stations and the master control station.
Raytheon has extensive knowledge of the customer and a long-standing
presence and relationship with its customers and strategic partners in
Colorado.
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 $2.6 billion and employs more than 8,000
engineering and technical professionals worldwide. Raytheon IIS recently
achieved a strategic milestone in earning CMMI(R) (Capability Maturity
Model Integration) Maturity Level 3 accreditation for the full model scope
(System Engineering, Software Engineering, Integrated Product and Process
Development, and Supplier Sourcing) across its enterprise.
Raytheon Company, with 2006 sales of $20.3 billion, is a technology
leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government
markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more
than 80 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 73,000 people worldwide.
Contact:
Keith Little
703.849.1675
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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