RIVERDALE, Md., March 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The team that
sustains the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA)
and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint
Polar Satellite System Common Ground System (JPSS CGS) is now
located much closer to key agency facilities – in support of a
major upgrade to the existing system and to provide efficiencies to
future missions – the company announced today.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) moved 70 positions from Aurora, Colorado, to Riverdale, Maryland. The 1,600 mile move
concludes a strategic milestone that brings the support team for
the JPSS CGS program in close proximity to NOAA's Satellite
Operations Facility in Suitland,
Maryland and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Maryland.
"Over the course of the year, we moved our sustainment of the
JPSS CGS across the country, without disrupting program
operations," said Mark Sargent, the
JPSS Common Ground System program director. "The move ensures we
are sustaining the program in close proximity to our customer, and
enables efficient extensibility of the common ground system to new
missions."
The move concludes a strategic milestone as Raytheon prepares to
deliver an upgraded JPSS ground system to NOAA and NASA at the end
of 2015. Its improvements include faster data retrieval for
improved forecasting; the ability to support multiple missions at a
better value; and an adjustable architecture to efficiently
prioritize the needs of the different missions that the system
supports. The new system, called JPSS CGS Block 2.0, will also
improve perimeter security and harden defensive features to ensure
uninterrupted operations and protection of equipment in an era of
growing cyber threats. This move does not impact the scheduled 2017
date for the JPSS-1 satellite launch.
The Raytheon Common Ground System was developed under contract
with NASA for NOAA. The system provides mission planning, command,
control and communications, data routing and data processing for
satellite programs. The system's data acquisition, routing and
processing supports multiple national and international agencies
partnered with NOAA including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy,
National Science Foundation, European Organisation for the
Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites and the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency.
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.
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