TEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec. 13, 2005 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Integrated
Defense Systems (IDS) President Dan Smith has been appointed to the Alliance
Principals' Council for Australia's Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Program. The
appointment was announced in a statement released by Australia's Minister for
Defence, Senator the Honorable Robert Hill.
The council will be chaired by retired Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie, Royal
Australian Navy, for the purpose of "building strong team relationships
between the project's alliance partners." The other members of the council
include John Prescott, chairman of ASC (the shipbuilder); Lt. Gen. David
Hurley, Chief of Capability Development Group; and Dr. Stephen Gumley, CEO
Defence Materiel Organisation.
"I look forward to working with Admiral Ritchie and the other members of
the council," Smith said. "Building a strong relationship between the
Alliance partners, including Raytheon Australia as the mission systems
integrator for the AWD, is critical to ensure the successful delivery of this
important capability for the Australian Defence Force."
Based in Tewksbury, Mass., Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader
in Joint Battlespace Integration. With a strong international and domestic
customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. armed
forces, Integrated Defense Systems provides a wide spectrum of integrated air
and missile defense and naval and maritime warfighting solutions.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2004 sales of $20.2 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:
Guy Shields
978.858.5246
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