TEWKSBURY, Mass., Oct. 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) hosted a mission profiling experiment earlier this month with the
United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center.
The experiment allowed active duty members from Boston's USCG First
District Command Center to simulate real-time situational awareness and
decision-making skills. The experiment took place in the Raytheon
Integrated Defense System (IDS) Joint Mission Experimentation Environment
(JMEE), which is used for complex modeling and simulation. The JMEE is
located at IDS Headquarters, Tewksbury, Mass.
"This experiment overlays the realism of what comes easy and what we
struggle with when going through the decision-making process," said Kim
Babcock, project manager at the USCG R&D Center. "Today was invaluable -
this is what we cannot get out of reading reports and white papers."
The simulated scenario looked at the decisions and actions taken to
locate a specific vessel of interest and prevent a potential terrorist
incursion. The joint experiment was a collaborative effort to investigate
the potential implementation of conceptual command center decision support
tools to enhance maritime security.
"Our ability to conduct this experiment in real time, with the
servicemen and women who will eventually use these systems, is an important
step in determining the viability of new capabilities and tools," said Lee
Silvestre, vice president, Raytheon IDS Mission Innovation. "Our first job
is to keep our nation safe and secure. Our collaboration with the United
States Coast Guard demonstrates our commitment to developing systems and
capabilities that address the emerging needs of today and tomorrow."
The experiment used Raytheon's Mission ProfilingTM process to
investigate the potential for conceptual future decision support tools and
concepts of operations to improve a USCG District Command Center's maritime
security mission. Several promising decision support tools and concepts
were identified that show potential for further investigation.
"I know from personal experience how difficult it can be to locate
these maritime security targets," said IDS Mission Innovation Systems
Engineer and retired USCG Capt. David Spillman. "It is personally rewarding
to work together with the Coast Guard to find new and better ways to find
these security targets as we continue to protect our nation's coastline.
This experiment has been a great success, as well as a lot of fun."
In September 2007, Raytheon IDS's Mission Innovation team and the USCG
R&D Center signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA),
allowing both entities to share research resources to evaluate concepts for
next-generation command center decision support tools. This exercise was
the first joint experiment to occur under the CRADA.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Global Capabilities
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: Michele Lemos, 978.858.5850
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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