DULLES, Va., July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a contract to develop and
deploy a mission-critical, advanced Cybersecurity Operations Center
and services for a country in the Middle East North Africa
region.
"Raytheon's nation-scale cybersecurity solutions are in growing
demand from countries around the world as they confront today's
dynamic cyber threats. The challenge of defending large,
complex networks, platforms and infrastructure against the most
extreme class of cyber threats is fully met by our core
cybersecurity competencies and global experience," said
Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon
Intelligence, Information and Services.
Under the contract, worth close to $110
million, Raytheon will perform vulnerability assessments and
provide cybersecurity response centers that include intrusion
detection, associated training, knowledge transfer, operational
support, and incident response to proactively address cyber threats
to the country's critical defense systems.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2018 sales of
$27 billion and 67,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 97 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 Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on
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