HUNTSVILLE, Ala., June 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract valued up to $600 million for software support and sustainment
to modernize missile defense and other strategic systems. The work
will be conducted at the Software Engineering Directorate, U.S.
Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering
Center at Redstone Arsenal.
"Raytheon brings our software engineering expertise in
automation, analytics and cyber to support the U.S. Army's global
systems and the complex, multi-domain missions they support," said
Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon
Intelligence, Information and Services. "Raytheon will
support the AMRDEC SED to design, test and deploy software updates
for critical systems used by U.S. combatant commands and defense
agencies that range from missiles and launchers to cyber
resiliency. This key partnership will ensure the technology that
our Soldiers use on the battlefield will be ready and relevant for
the fight."
Rapid prototyping, hardware development, testing and validation
will support Raytheon's software engineering. Systems include:
- Strategic missiles and launchers
- Radars
- Data mining and visualization tools
- Condition-based maintenance
- Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
- Virtual operations centers
- Cyber resiliency of fielded systems
"Raytheon's decades of experience in software sustainment and
modernization will help the Army put the best systems in the hands
of our soldiers around the globe," said Todd Probert, vice president of Mission Support
and Modernization at Raytheon IIS. "The Army can leverage our best
practices in Agile and DevOps to harness software that will give
them an edge in the rapidly evolving digital battlespace."
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2016 sales of
$24 billion and 63,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™
products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for
customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
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