Conference soliciting papers, panels, and half-day tutorial submissions
SAN DIEGO, April 17, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
will host MILCOM 2008, the premier military communications conference, Nov.
17 - 19 at the San Diego Convention Center.
More than 6,000 government and industry representatives from 30
countries are expected at the 27th annual gathering, which will focus on
the theme, "Assuring Mission Success."
MILCOM 2008 is soliciting unclassified and classified papers as well as
panels and half-day tutorials. They should be relevant to communications
and information processing systems' technologies and capabilities that
"Assure Mission Success" by addressing the 21st century challenges of
national defense, homeland security and disaster response. Industry,
academic and government organizations from the U.S. and countries worldwide
are encouraged to participate.
Draft papers must be submitted by June 16. Final papers are due Aug.
31.
"For a generation, the MILCOM conference has attracted a unique mix of
government, military, academia and industry experts from around the world
to collaborate on military communications solutions to the world's pressing
problems," said Jerry Powlen, vice president of Raytheon's Network Centric
Systems' Integrated Communications Systems. "Raytheon looks forward to
hosting these collaborative discussions to ensure we apply the world's best
technology and innovation to our customers' communication issues, and
ultimately, to assure their mission success."
MILCOM is co-sponsored by the Armed Forces Communications and
Electronics Association and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers Communications Society. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
is the MILCOM 2008 Department of Defense advisor.
For more information about MILCOM 2008, including details on suggested
areas of interest for technical papers and other information, visit
http://www.milcom.org.
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 86
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:
Lynford Morton
703.284.4446
lynfordm@raytheon.com
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Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com
http://www.milcom.org
CONTACT:
Lynford Morton of Raytheon Company,
+1-703-284-4446, lynfordm@raytheon.com
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