DULLES, Va., March 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA selected
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) as the Large Business Prime Contractor
of the Year in its agency-level awards to recognize small business
partnership. Raytheon was nominated for its support to the Goddard
Space Flight Center in Greenbelt,
Md., and was then advanced to recognition at the agency
level for extensive efforts to help NASA meet its goals for small
business inclusion.
In its announcement, NASA explained its Small Business Industry
Awards program is designed to recognize outstanding contractors
that help the agency meet its mission. For 2014, nominations were
received from all 10 of NASA's centers.
The Raytheon team was nominated by the Goddard Space Flight
Center for support through the Evolution and Development, or EED,
program led by NASA's Earth Science and Data Information System
Project Office. Raytheon has been NASA's partner on the program for
more than 20 years.
"Raytheon's work in support of NASA's Goddard Space Flight
Center underpins our nation's continued space exploration and
scientific discovery," said Todd
Probert, vice president of Mission Support and Modernization
for Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. "We approach
this work as a trusted partner to NASA and are committed to program
innovation as we team with, and mentor, small businesses."
Raytheon program manager Tim
Ortiz said Raytheon employees partner with small-businesses
in direct support of NASA's Earth Science Climate Research at the
Goddard Space Flight Center. The Raytheon team's integrated
partnership means a 42-percent work share for small businesses,
exceeding goals set by the Small Business Administration.
Raytheon Company has a history of more than 50 years of
partnership with NASA through programs including manufacture of the
Apollo flight computer, training astronauts, providing weather and
other data analysis, and building space-based environmental sensing
instruments for study of geophysical properties of Earth and other
planets.
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
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