Technology Today Volumn 3 Issue 1 - Raytheon

Future Events
Raytheon 3rd Joint Systems
and Software Engineering
Symposium
– Innovative Solutions
through Technology
Engineering
March 23 – 25, 2004
Westin Hotel, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, Calif.
The Third Joint Raytheon Systems &
Software Engineering Symposium is
devoted to fostering increase teaming
and technical collaboration on current
developments, capabilities and future
directions between the Systems &
Software Engineering disciplines. This
symposium, sponsored by the Raytheon
Systems & Software Engineering
Technology Networks and the Raytheon
Systems & Software Engineering
Councils, is conducted as a means to
provide an improved understanding of
Raytheon’s expertise in these areas, and
to build and cultivate networking
among our technologists and engineering
personnel. The symposium will focus
on Raytheon developed or developing
technologies by the systems and software
engineering disciplines. As technology
is always expanding, the impacts
and effects of Information Technology
on engineering disciplines will also be
addressed.
While Raytheon continues the integration
of engineering disciplines into a
cohesive unit, we need to aggressively
exploit existing and emerging technological
competencies along with networked
interoperable common product
architectures, COTS products, and integrated
engineering processes, while
ensuring customer inclusion, acceptance
and satisfaction. Our relentless challenge
is to find better ways to collaborate
in bringing innovative, high quality
integrated turnkey solutions to our customers
for less cost and within shorter
schedules.
For more information, visit the Systems and
Software Engineering symposium Web site
at http://home.ray.com/rayeng/
technetworks/tab6/se_sw2004/index.html
7th Annual Electro-Optical
Systems Symposium
Call for Papers
April 20 – 22, 2004
Manning House
Tucson, Ariz.
The Electro-Optical Systems Technology
Network is pleased to sponsor the
Seventh Annual EOSTN Symposium in
Tucson, Ariz., April 20 – 22, 2004.
This symposium is open to Electro-
Optical Technologists, Program
Managers and Technology Directors
from across Raytheon and our Customer
Communities. Authors are invited to
submit presentations on Electro-Optical
technology developments and applications
in the following general categories:
EO Systems; Test Systems;
LADAR/Laser Systems; Mechanisms,
Controls, & Cryogenics; Optics; Focal
Plane Arrays; High Energy Lasers; Laser
Comm; and Image Processing/ATR.
For more information, visit the Electro-
Optics Systems symposium Web site at
http://home.ray.com/rayeng/
technetworks/tab6/eostn2004/
registration.html
6th Annual RF Symposium
– One Company – Advancing
Technology for Customer
Success
May 3 – 5, 2004
Marriott Long Wharf Hotel
Boston, Mass.
Raytheon announces the Sixth Annual
RF Symposium devoted to the exchange
of information on RF/microwave, millimeter
wave and associated technology.
Sponsored by the Raytheon RF Systems
Technology Network and the RF
Engineering Management Council, this
company-wide symposium provides the
RF/microwave technical communities,
business segments, and HRL with a
forum to exchange information on
existing capabilities, emerging developments,
and future directions. The symposium
fosters the sharing of
Raytheon’s collective expertise in RF
technology and communication
between its technical leaders.
Raytheon receives
AS9100 enterprise
certification
National Quality Assurance (NQA) recently
presented Raytheon Company with AS9100
enterprise certification. AS9100 certification,
developed by the International Aerospace
Quality Group, is a set of quality requirements
for system design, development, production,
installation and servicing for the aerospace
and defense industry.
“This is a significant achievement for
Raytheon Company. Our customers want, and
expect us to have, quality systems across the
company, and AS9100 is the key to proving
that we do,” said Gerry Zimmerman, Raytheon
vice president of quality. “This outstanding
accomplishment reflects Raytheon’s commitment
to quality in all aspects of the business.”
The certification includes 47 sites from
Integrated Defense Systems — including
Raytheon RF Components, Information and
Intelligence Systems, Network Centric
Systems, Thales Raytheon Systems, Missile
Systems, and Space and Airborne Systems.
AS9100 is much more comprehensive than
ISO 9001, containing 82 additional requirements
that cover business development, customer
satisfaction, engineering, operations,
supply chain and continuous improvement. Its
purpose is to standardize management systems
for the aerospace industry worldwide.
The objective of AS9100 certification is to
achieve significant quality improvements and
cost reductions throughout the value stream
or supply chain.
In building on this year’s theme, the
symposium will invite customers to
attend and give keynote addresses,
emphasizing their system and mission
needs. Papers presented at the symposium’s
technical sessions should emphasize
our advances in RF systems technologies
and the benefits to our customers.
Papers that also highlight
advances through enterprise-wide
collaboration are strongly encouraged.
Other activities will include meetings of
the RFSTN Technology Interest Groups
(TIGS), breakout sessions, workshops in
various RF technology topics, and
industry and university displays.
For more information, visit the RFSTN home
page at http://home.ray.com/rayeng/
technetworks/rfstn/rfstn.html
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