Plans strengthen Raytheon's leadership role for Air Force Space Command
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) has submitted two strategic proposals for key
Department of Defense space programs. The company will lead two separate
industry teams in pursuit of the next-generation Global Positioning System
Control Segment (OCX) and Network and Space Operations & Maintenance, or
NSOM.
"With more than 35 years of high availability precision satellite
ground command and control experience, Raytheon is uniquely positioned to
leverage its space based navigation knowledge and expertise," said Michael
D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems
business. "This enables the U.S. Air Force to deliver the right systems to
meet the needs of the military users and operators."
GPS OCX is a program to provide command, control, and mission support
for current GPS Block II as well as future GPS Block III satellites with
support to existing and new interfaces. The initial selection of two
qualified competitors is scheduled for August 2007. The OCX program is
valued at $160 million and is administered by the Air Force Space and
Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif.
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.
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.
The Raytheon NSOM teammates are: Northrop Grumman Space & Mission
System Corporation, Lockheed Martin, Sparta, Inc.; Infinity Systems
Engineering, ITS, Integral Systems, Frontier Systems Integrators, LLC; and
Boecore.
Headquartered 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) Level 3 accreditation 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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