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A Message From Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence Do you have an idea for an article? We are always looking for ways to connect with you — our engineering, technology and Mission Assurance professionals. If you have an article or an idea for an article regarding technical achievements, customer solutions, relationships, Mission Assurance, etc., send it along. If your topic aligns with a future issue of Technology Today or is appropriate for an online article, we will be happy to consider it and will contact you for more information. Send your article ideas to techtodayeditor@raytheon.com. 2 2007 ISSUE 3 RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY Vice President of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance As one of Raytheon’s core markets, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) is central to our strategy of developing innovative technologies to drive growth and ensure Mission Assurance for our customers. We are on target. We are leveraging our C3I expertise in exciting ways and are developing a rich array of architectural constructs to look at command and control across the spectrum of requirements, from real-time fire control to large-scale logistics management of joint forces. We are increasing our footprint in the market with our Joint Fires (JFires) Demonstration program for multi-theater, multi-service Single Integrated Air Picture (SIAP) capability, and we are winning business with recent successes such as the Navy Multiband Terminal contract to provide the U.S. Navy with its next generation of satellite communications systems. This installment of Technology Today takes a closer look at C3I and highlights other ways we are increasing our C3I footprint, from the Perimeter Intrusion Detection System to protect New York City-area airports for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, to the Centaur automated handheld technical fire direction system. In this issue’s Leaders Corner, Peter Boland, vice president of corporate Engineering, discusses the role of Engineering at Raytheon and the challenges it faces in driving growth in C3I, MSI and all of our core market areas. While I’m on the subject of ET&MA leaders, I would once again like to extend my welcome to Greg Alston, our new vice president of Mission Assurance. Greg has hit the ground running since joining us in June, and has been busy developing an enterprisewide Mission Assurance vision, strategy and process, which we’ll begin introducing this winter. Finally, I would like to congratulate our Excellence in Operations and Quality Award winners. Ninety-five award recipients were recognized in June at the Mission Assurance Forum with one of the company’s highest honors. The efforts of these award recipients have made significant contributions to the success of our company and our customers. They all deserve our thanks. Until next time … Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence
Technology Today is published quarterly by the Office of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance Vice President Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence Managing Editor Lee Ann Sousa Senior Editors John Cacciatore Kevin Wynn Art Director Debra Graham Photography Don Bernstein Rob Carlson Alain Ekmalain Dan Plumpton Charlie Riniker Bob Tures Jane Tucker Ken Ulbrich Publication Coordinator Carol Danner Contributors Len Brown Doc Daugherty Roberta Gotfried Jaclyn Gutmann Terry Hastings David Peter Barry Peterson Marcilene Pribonic Ralston Robertson Sharon Stein INSIDE THIS ISSUE C3I Systems: Critical Building Blocks to Delivering Net-Centric Solutions 4 Perimeter Intrusion Detection System 6 The Next Generation of Troposcatter Systems 9 Leveraging Technology to Realize Service-Oriented Architectures 11 Centaur Program Rapidly Calculates Weapon-Firing Data 14 Leaders Corner: Q&A With Peter Boland 15 Eye on Technology Processing 17 Materials and Structures 18 Rollout of Architecting Methods Course 20 Getting to Know Your Raytheon Certified Architects 21 CFM Profiles: Outstanding Achievements That Help Ensure Our Customers’ Mission Success 22 2006 Excellence in Operations and Quality Awards 23 Raytheon’s 2007 Mission Assurance Forum 24 Spring Technology Network Symposia 25 New MathMovesU Website 28 Raytheon Homeland Security Radio Station 29 U.S. and International Patents 30 EDITOR’S NOTE Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, or C3I — we all know what it stands for, but what does it really mean? Just think of your car. Commands are sent to the control portion of your car to increase temperature, send heated air to the windshield, add fuel to the engine, apply pressure to the brakes, or change the frequency band on your radio. These controls and numerous sensors are then communicated throughout the car. The dashboard becomes a situation awareness display to advise us of certain conditions (e.g., low oil pressure, washer fluid, gas, etc.). Similarly, communications provide navigation via your car’s GPS system. We also receive intelligence via our radios to advise us of inclement weather, road construction and rush hour conditions — all part of the C3I systems that we use every day. Raytheon uses these same principles to develop sophisticated C3I systems for our customers to provide safe, efficient air travel, to navigate ships and aircraft, to provide defensive capabilities to protect our military and civilians, and to provide homeland security. Essentially, by converting raw data into actionable information, these systems provide our customers on and off the battlefield with integrated multi-dimensional support. In this issue, you’ll read about some of these integrated systems, as well as what our Engineering leadership says about the vital role our engineers and technologists play in Raytheon’s success — and ultimately our customers’ success. Enjoy! Lee Ann Sousa RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGY TODAY 2007 ISSUE 3 3
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