NORFOLK, Va., June 15, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technical Services
Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), received
a $31.5 million U.S. Navy contract to provide logistics support for the
USC-38 satellite communications system.
Under the five-year performance based logistics (PBL) contract, RTSC
will provide Mission Support to the Navy's Extremely High Frequency
Satellite Program (NESP) AN/USC-38(V) equipment, including engineering and
maintenance; materials and services to evaluate, test, repair, modify,
package and ship systems assets; and spares and repairs support.
Supply support and equipment repair will be performed at RTSC's
Norfolk, Va., and Chula Vista, Calif., facilities. Raytheon's Network
Centric Systems will perform engineering support at its Marlborough, Mass.,
and Largo, Fla., locations. The contracting agency is the Navy Inventory
Control Point -- Mechanicsburg, Pa.
"The scope of this contract award augments Raytheon's traditional
repair support for this system and allows us to integrate our engineering,
technology and logistics expertise to deliver total Mission Support to the
Navy," said Ruben Ramos, RTSC's NESP PBL program manager. "Raytheon is
dedicated to partnering with our customers to create innovative PBL
solutions that increase operational availability, improve response time and
lower total ownership costs -- providing our customers with what they need,
when they need it -- every time."
PBL is replacing the conventional support approach in order to reduce
costs and turnaround time of assets, improving operational availability for
the Navy. PBL support provided will include: managing engineering and
obsolescence issues; filling requisitions; reducing backorders; and
warehousing and tracking material.
RTSC provides technology solutions for defense, federal and commercial
customers worldwide. It specializes in Mission Support,
counter-proliferation and counter-terrorism, base and range operations and
customized engineering services. Mission Support -- Raytheon's integrated
approach to providing total life-cycle support, predicting customer needs,
sensing problems and proactively applying solutions -- enables Raytheon to
maintain readiness and deliver operational capability on demand, enhancing
customer mission success.
Raytheon Company, with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an industry
leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people
worldwide.
Note to Editors: Additional Information
The AN/USC-38 terminal is part of the Navy's Extremely High Frequency
Satellite Communications Program designed to work with the MILSTAR
(Military Strategic & Tactical Relay) Satellite Constellation, the tactical
and strategic multi-service satellite system designed to provide survivable
communications for U.S. forces worldwide. It provides jam-proof strategic
and tactical communications for submarines, major surface combatants and
selected shore sites.
Contact:
Kristen Giddens Pinto-Coelho
703.295.2535
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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