MCKINNEY, Texas, Feb. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The US Navy
awarded a $15.5 million system
development contract to Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) to develop a
flexible, application-based architecture (ABA) for the P-8A
Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft. The ABA will allow mission
commanders to rapidly field new or enhanced capabilities through
third-party software applications.
Raytheon's ABA design aligns with both the Department of
Defense's "Better Buying Power Initiatives" and the Navy's move
towards open system architecture.
"The goal is to use readily available technology to quickly
upgrade the P-8A's warfighting capability," said Jerry Powlen, Raytheon
Space and Airborne Systems' vice president of Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems.
Raytheon will deliver two prototype ABA systems, leveraging
unique expertise in:
- Airborne COTS computing;
- Services-Oriented Architecture and Infrastructure; and
- Software-based mission applications.
"This open systems architecture can easily be used for other
domestic and international customers looking to affordably enhance
their airborne platforms," Powlen said.
The work will be performed in McKinney, Texas, and completed by March 2017. The contract positions Raytheon for
the engineering and manufacturing development phase scheduled for
2017.
"Raytheon is uniquely qualified to bring enhanced mission
capability to the Poseidon platform thanks to decades of experience
and our partnership with the Navy on advanced electro-optical,
infrared and RF sensors for many maritime and overland surveillance
platforms," Powlen said.
Raytheon's team of open system architecture experts
includes:
- Northrop Grumman Information Systems;
- L-3 Communications ComCept;
- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems; and
- Rite Solutions, a service-disabled veteran-owned small
business.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees
worldwide, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. With a
history of innovation spanning 93 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 cyber
security and a broad range of mission support services. Raytheon is
headquartered in Waltham, Mass.
For more about Raytheon, visit us at www.raytheon.com and follow us
on Twitter at @Raytheon.
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