Posted on 07/23/2005 3:45:09 PM PDT by Righty_McRight
EL SEGUNDO, Calif., July 21, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Seeking more protection for ground forces without enhancing risk to aviators, the U.S. Air Force has engaged Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN - News), a leader in radar and data exploitation technology, to devise a way for aircraft, from a safe distance, to detect, track and target hostile forces in motion on the ground.
"The U.S. owns the airspace but today's conflicts quickly move to the ground," Nick Uros, vice president for Raytheon's Advanced Concepts and Technology group, said. "We want to keep the war fighter in the air and on the ground out of harm's way as much as possible. One way to do this is to employ an automatic target-recognition system from a stand-off location. Such a capability is on the future road maps of the Air Force, and we are pleased to be able to work with them to develop this important technology. Raytheon has a long and distinguished history and capability in combat identification, as well as other supporting technologies and infrastructure that will be brought to bear on this challenge."
Such a system, which could be mounted on a manned or unmanned aircraft, would reduce the need for personnel on the ground or in the air near a target. Today's advanced high-resolution radar can monitor events from distances of more than 50 miles.
The goal of this second stage of the Air-to-Ground Radar Imaging (AGRI) program, funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Sensor Directorate, will be to develop and demonstrate software that will permit current radar technology to take on this new mission. The first stage of the AGRI program yielded an automatic recognition capability for stationary targets.
Raytheon will lead a team that includes BAE Systems and SAIC. The contract requires the team to test its proposal initially in October 2006 and conduct a final demonstration in June 2008.
SAS is a leader in the development of advanced sensor technology for radar and targeting systems, interplanetary exploration, electronic warfare equipment and numerous other objectives. With 2004 revenues of $4 billion and 13,000 employees, SAS is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., with additional facilities in Goleta, Calif.; Forest, Miss.; Dallas, McKinney and Plano, Texas; and several international locations.
Raytheon Company, with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion, is an industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information technology, technical services and special-mission aircraft. Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.
Contact: Art Bentley 310-647-3266
We have the ability to know exactly how many, where and when people are illegally crossing our Southern border but the information is useless because of present immigration laws.
The Secretary of Ho,eland Defense testified before Congress lat week that we can not secure the border until they pass the necessary legislation, but Tom Tamcredo has sworn to block it because he uses the issue to raise money for his and Buchanan's private website organization.
Our troops are defending us overseas while we refuse to protect their families back home, as well as our own.
I wouldn't have any problems with this if Raytheon wasn't such a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat company. (look up campaign donations for William Swanson, CEO, and Dan Burnham, previous CEO, on the FEC website if you doubt me)
Hate giving money to the enemy!
Personally, I loved Raytheon's "diversity training." Also the fact that they contributed $1M to support the DNCC in 2004 was just a thrill. And then they had the audacity to send me regular letters to solicit contribution to "RAYPAC." Uggggghhhhh. And then I find out about "Dan's" political leanings...no wonder they are headquartered in Mass.
I am no fan of that company.
OK everybody, take a look at Dane, bayourod, and Cultural Jihad (betcha they "coincidentally" share an IP address) licking the hem of the Arab dishdash on THIS thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1446391/posts
Take a good look. It isn't pretty.
You are correct. Raytheon is very Masshole leftist among their management.
Big contrast with SAIC.
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