WASHINGTON, July 14, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
will lead a team of air transportation experts from industry and academia
to study the impact of new classes of aircraft on the next generation air
transportation system, or NextGen.
The four new classes of aircraft -- very light jets, super heavy
transports, uncrewed aircraft systems and supersonic transports -- will
soon enter an already overburdened air transportation system.
"In 10 to 20 years we expect more than one billion passengers will
travel annually by airplane and thousands of new consumer jets will fill
the skies," said Andy Zogg, Raytheon vice president of Airspace Management
and Homeland Security. "We are committed to working with NASA and our
partners to help address the complex issues facing the modernization of our
air transportation system."
The Raytheon team's work will augment NASA's Advanced Concept
Evaluation System, a fast time simulation model of the National Airspace
System, using existing environmental and safety models to quantify how the
new air vehicles and operational procedures will impact NextGen.
Initially, the team will focus on developing recommendations for future
operational procedures, identifying air vehicle characteristics and
establishing system level metrics.
"Raytheon's extensive experience with air traffic management
operational procedures and our working knowledge of the Joint Planning and
Development Office's enterprise architecture will allow us to perform
valuable system trade studies," said Zogg.
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 more
than 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:
Ginny McAdams
703.284.4412
gmcadams@raytheon.com
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
Ginny McAdams of Raytheon Company,
+1-703-284-4412, gmcadams@raytheon.com
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