Information Assurance Services Engineers Receive Meritorious Unit Citation
Award
RESTON, Va., April 17, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight Raytheon Company
(RTN: NYSE) engineers on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
Information Assurances Services (IAS) program were recognized with the NGA
Meritorious Unit Citation Award. The recognition occurred as part of the
Computer Network Defense Service Provider Team at the NGA 2007 Director's
Recognition Ceremony.
As a result of sustained performance by IAS team members, NGA has
received the first accreditation of its Computer Network Defense operations
from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and U.S. Strategic
Command. This is crucial to the continued confidentiality, availability,
and integrity of networks and data critical to the NGA's mission.
"This is a great honor for Raytheon and the NGA, even more for the men
and women on the information assurance team," said McClellan "Guy" DuBois,
vice president of Operational & Technologies Systems for Raytheon
Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business.
The IAS program is the Information Security Management service provider
for the NGS's Mission Assurance Office. IAS ensures the successful delivery
of NGA GeoInt products to the intelligence community and combatant
commanders by providing security management of NGA systems.
Raytheon was originally awarded the IAS contract in October 2005.
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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