TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 9, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Department of
Homeland Security has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a phase 2
contract to continue its development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection
System (SORDS).
"The purpose of the SORDS is to develop advanced nuclear detectors that
can determine the type and location of radiation sources at much greater
distances than current technologies," said Mark Russell, Raytheon's vice
president of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance. "Phase 2
involves engineering a prototype design."
Phase 2 is an eight-month contract for $4.7 million that is being
managed by DHS' Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. It is the second of a
four-phase development program worth a potential $9.9 million if all four
options are exercised. A Raytheon team developed a preliminary prototype
design in Phase 1, a $2.9 million DHS contract that ran from November 2007
to April 2008.
In developing a reliable and affordable SORDS solution for DHS,
Raytheon is teaming with experts from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los
Alamos, N.M.; Bubble Technology Industries, Chalk River, Ontario; Radiation
Monitoring Devices, Watertown, Mass.; Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass.;
and MIT and the University of Michigan.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland
Security.
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:
Mike Nason
703.419.1421
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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