GARLAND, Texas, June 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has delivered the first operational Distributed Common Ground System
10.2 to the U.S. Air Force.
Dubbed DGS-2, the system is the first of five planned core sites to
undergo installation, integration and checkout in preparation for site
acceptance testing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.
"With the delivery of the DGS-2 system to Beale, the Air Force DCGS
10.2 truly moves closer to the sharing of real-time intelligence data to
fight the war on terror," said Anthony DiFurio, director of
Multi-Intelligence Systems for Raytheon's Intelligence and Information
Systems. "The DCGS 10.2 upgrade will provide continuous on-demand
intelligence brokering to enable U.S. and coalition forces to get the
information they need to take action and influence events in a
significantly shorter amount of time."
When fully fielded, DCGS Block 10.2 will be a worldwide, distributed
network-centric enterprise architecture that enables collaborative
intelligence operations and production. Its environment provides for both
the physical and electronic distribution of intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance data analysis and tools.
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 $2.7 billion and employs more than 9,000
engineering and technical professionals worldwide.
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:
Keith Little
703.608.4230 mobile
KDLittle@raytheon.com
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CONTACT:
Keith Little of Raytheon Company,
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