WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2006 /PRNewswire/ -- The Air Traffic Control
Association (ATCA) awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) the ATCA 2006
Industrial Award at the association's 51st annual conference and
exposition, Oct. 31. The award recognized Raytheon for contributions to
modern, highly reliable and cost-effective air traffic solutions around the
world.
"The Raytheon Company Airspace Management and Homeland Security team of
1,900 employees has been consistently meeting or exceeding customer goals
in ensuring integrated communication, navigation, surveillance and air
traffic management solutions for civil and military air traffic service
providers in more than 45 countries," ATCA stated in the award citation.
"They can be justifiably proud of the Wide Area Augmentation System
being operational 24/7 year-round and their active role in the Joint
Planning and Development Office in advancing the Next Generation Air
Transportation System architecture development efforts. Their performance
this past year across the board has been outstanding, adding to the
quality, safety, and efficiency of air traffic control."
"Raytheon enjoyed a remarkable year providing global transportation and
security solutions to our customers around the world," said Andy Zogg, vice
president of Raytheon's Airspace Management and Homeland Security, who
accepted the award for the company. "Receiving this prestigious award from
the leading organization dedicated to advancing aviation and air traffic
control is a tremendous honor for us. We look forward to continuing to
deliver technology and mission support solutions that will allow our
customers to be successful now and into the future."
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.
Contact:
Lynford Morton
703.284.4446
SOURCE Raytheon Company
 back to top
Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com/
CONTACT:
Lynford Morton of Raytheon Company,
+1-703-284-4446
|
