AURORA, Colo., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has
been competitively selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) for a one-year study contract, worth $2.5 million, as an
initial step toward the next generation Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) system.
The Raytheon team was awarded work in all four segments offered on the
proposal including Space and Launch; Command, Control and Communications;
Product Generation, Distribution, Archive and Access, User Interface; and End-
to-End Integration.
"This win continues Raytheon's progress as a mission systems integrator,"
said Ray Kolibaba, vice president of Space Systems for Raytheon. "Raytheon
will rely on a company-wide, cross-business effort to identify advanced
architecture concepts for GOES-R."
The Raytheon GOES-R team is based at Raytheon's Intelligence and
Information Systems Aurora, Colo. business campus. Other Raytheon businesses
contributing to the contract are Raytheon Technical Services Company
(Landover, Md.), and Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (El Segundo, Calif.).
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 Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs more than 76,000 people
worldwide.
Note to editors: Traditionally known as an aerospace and defense
electronics provider, Raytheon provides large-scale data processing systems,
complex data-delivery software and networks for commercial and government
customers at its Aurora, Colo., facilities.
Contact:
Darci Bushey
303.344.6608
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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CONTACT:
Darci Bushey of Raytheon Company,
+1-303-344-6608
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