WASHINGTON, April 3, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
has launched a new Web site to recruit industry and academic partners to
help defeat improvised explosive devices (IED), the No. 1 killer of service
members in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Potential partners can join the effort by registering solutions and
ideas at http://www.raytheon.com/missions/rtn07_ied.
The Web site allows industry and academia to make teaming and
partnership recommendations for proposed solutions and to receive rapid,
confidential reviews and feedback on those solutions. The site also
maintains proprietary safeguards to protect submitted information against
improper disclosure.
"As an industry leader in Mission Systems Integration, Raytheon is
committed to ending the threat of IEDs to service members," said Jack
Costello, vice president of Business Development and Strategic Planning for
Raytheon Network Centric Systems. "Coalition forces are still being
affected on the battlefield, so we decided to exhaust every opportunity to
find the best solutions. I hope industry accepts our challenge in this
important endeavor."
As the leader of this effort, the Raytheon IED-Defeat Task Force offers
solutions that fill technology and capability gaps. The task force also
addresses urgent operational needs in programs approved and funded by the
Defense Department's Joint IED Defeat Office, the Department of Homeland
Security, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, as well as the
Army and the Navy.
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 more
than 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:
George Rhynedance
703.284.4439
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
George Rhynedance of Raytheon Company,
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