Raytheon Forum Links Small Businesses, Latest Technology and Battlespace Integration

Raytheon Forum Links Small Businesses, Latest Technology and Battlespace
Integration

TEWKSBURY, Mass., June 24, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
recently held the first Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-Small
Business Technology Transfer forum at the company's Warfighter Protection
Center, Huntsville, Ala.

Hosted by the Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Battlespace Integration
Directorate, more than 20 small businesses, government customers, technical
leads and engineering representatives attended the one-day event designed to
build relationships in working smarter, not harder, in battlespace
integration. Among the technologies discussed were networks and architectures,
training and logistics, modeling, operations planning and cyber defense.

"We were delighted to see the extensive participation by small business and
government representatives," said John Urias, vice president of Raytheon's
Battlespace Integration Directorate. "We had excellent feedback from both
industry and government representatives stating their appreciation of Raytheon
taking the lead to link the two together through the SBIR process."

The first half of the forum allowed the government representatives to explain
their organizations, their requirements and goals. The second half was devoted
to one-on-one proprietary meetings between Raytheon subject matter experts,
supply chain representatives and principal investigators for the small
businesses participating in the SBIR program. Follow-up was immediate as
facilitators in each interview took detailed notes and uploaded their
information to a shared area for the subject matter experts to review.
Government agencies participating in the forum were from the Huntsville area.

Raytheon has several existing Army programs and new pursuits in which the
latest technology can give greater capabilities to the warfighter at a lower
cost.

Integrated Defense Systems is Raytheon's leader in Global Capabilities
Integration providing affordable, integrated solutions to a broad
international and domestic customer base, including the U.S. Missile Defense
Agency, the U.S. Armed Forces, and the Department of Homeland Security.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other
government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning
87 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems
integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and
command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad
range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass.,
Raytheon employs 73,000 people worldwide.

Contact:
Jim Keller
256.542.4051

SOURCE Raytheon Company

Jim Keller of Raytheon, +1-256-542-4051