MCKINNEY, Texas, July 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A team lead by Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has been selected to enter into contract negotiations toward an
estimated $40 million contract to develop the Battle Command Mission Execution
(BCME) component for the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS). Boeing
(NYSE: BA), FCS' lead system integrator (LSI), announced this selection for
negotiations on behalf of the Army today.
Raytheon and team members Lockheed Martin and Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) will begin work upon contract award and
continue their efforts through 2009. Each of the three companies serves as an
integrated product team (IPT) leader for one aspect of BCME's development.
Lockheed Martin oversees the Command Services IPT. SAIC manages the Common
Services IPT. Raytheon leads the Tactical Control IPT and the team. Three
additional contractors-the University of Maryland, Applied Systems
Intelligence Incorporated and Stanford Research Institute-augment the group's
capabilities.
BCME is part of a command and control (C2) system that will give war
fighters a complete, integrated battlefield picture-that is, one view of all
troops and platforms. This new capability will allow commanders to dispatch
people and equipment to the right place at the right time. In addition, BCME
will provide "certification" that proposed fire missions can be conducted with
reduced risk of friendly fire.
Future Combat Systems is the driving concept behind the Army's
transformational and network-centric warfare efforts. Supporting rapid
deployment, autonomous troops and a faster battle tempo, FCS will prepare the
Army for anticipated changes in the conduct of warfare beyond 2012.
Brian McKeon, vice president of Raytheon Command and Control Systems, said,
"This BCME win provides Raytheon a key opportunity to work with the Lead
Systems Integrator and the U. S. Army to make network centric warfare and
transformation a reality."
Raytheon Company, with 2002 sales of 16.8 billion, is an industry leader
in defense, government and commercial electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000
people worldwide.
Note to editors:
-- FCS is based on a unified, serviced-based open architecture that will
allow all contractors to use common design standards. Use of the
architecture will speed development, reduce cost and allow new
technology to be added, without disrupting the rest of the system.
-- BCME is one aspect of FCS' Command, Control, Communication, Computer,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities.
Employees in the following locations will work on the program:
Raytheon's Ft. Wayne, Ind. and Denver, Colo., facilities; Lockheed
Martin's Denver, Colo., facility and SAIC's McLean, Va., facility.
Contact:
Patricia Perlini
972.952.4033
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
Patricia Perlini of Raytheon Company,
+1-972-952-4033
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