TEWKSBURY, Mass., Nov. 7, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE:
RTN) has taken another important step advancing the U.S. Navy's Open
Architecture (OA) computing initiative. The DDG 1000 software development
team at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) delivered key DDG 1000
software components to the U.S. Navy's Program Executive Office for
Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) ready for reuse in other Navy
programs.
A complete set of specifications, design documents, source code and
user guides for the DDG 1000 Total Ship Computing Environment
Infrastructure (TSCEI) Release 4.1 has been delivered and will be made
available via the PEO IWS SHARE (Software-Hardware Asset-Reuse Enterprise)
repository.
DDG 1000 Software Director Bob Martin said, "Delivery of TSCEI 4.1 to
the SHARE library -- with unlimited data rights -- is a significant step
enabling the Navy to achieve its Open Architecture objectives for the
fleet." The SHARE library institutionalizes OA principles and practices
across the Navy enterprise. It ensures that all naval and joint programs
and qualified Department of Defense vendors can access OA resources.
TSCEI is an integrated suite of standardized OA hardware, operating
system, middleware and infrastructure services. It forms the backbone of
the Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE). The TSCE is a robust,
enterprise-network computing system on which all DDG 1000 application
software programs run.
TSCEI Release 4.1 builds upon the successful TSCEI 4.0 capabilities. It
enhances software timer functionality and provides additional data
collection capabilities. TSCEI 4.1 offers additional capabilities not only
for DDG 1000 applications, but also for the entire OA community. As in
Release 4.0, TSCEI 4.1 continues to show excellent performance
characteristics while running on the IBM(R) Blade Server Processor suite.
Under the Navy's DDG 1000 Detail Design and Integration contract
awarded in 2005, Raytheon IDS serves as the prime mission systems equipment
integrator for all electronic and combat systems for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt
Class Destroyer program.
Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Joint Battlespace
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a strong
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile
Defense Agency and the U.S. Armed Forces and the Department of Homeland
Security.
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:
Exemplifying TSCEI OA virtues, Raytheon engineers and partners have
already integrated a previous version of TSCEI (Release 3) with the OA
version of Ship Self Defense System MK 2 (SSDS OA). On June 22, 2006,
Raytheon announced that SSDS OA successfully passed formal qualification
testing.
This milestone enables the first delivery of a complete surface ship
combat management system that meets the Navy's Open Architecture Computing
Environment (OACE) standards. Through TSCEI reuse, the combat management
system migrated to OACE Category 3. The system will undergo further
developmental testing by Raytheon and the Navy in preparation for full
production, planned for 2007. Initial deliveries are scheduled in 2008 for
three ships: USS Nimitz (CVN 68), USS San Antonio (LPD 17) and LHA 6.
In developing the TSCEI and TSCE, Raytheon has built upon available
industry technologies to provide affordable "best-in-class" OA enterprise
network solutions for DDG 1000 and the Navy's Family of Ships. Raytheon has
actively cultivated partnerships with 33 software development sites
employing more than 1,200 people. Raytheon has also engaged 12 Small
Business Innovative Research program contractors and 42 commercial
suppliers in the production of TSCE.
Contact:
Chuck Larrabee
978.858.4259
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
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