BAE Systems Leads Team to Provide Joint Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for Navy.SAN DIEGO -- BAE Systems and Raytheon Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RTN RTN Return RTN Raytheon Company (stock symbol) RTN Research Training Network RTN Rotarian RTN Routing Transit Number RTN Recursive Transition Network RTN Register Transfer Notation RTN Radial Tangential Normal ) have formed a team to pursue opportunities under the Distributed Common Ground System-Navy (DCGS-N DCGS-N Distributed Common Ground System - Navy DCGS-N Distributed Common Ground Station - Navy ) program. The system will share and disseminate intelligence data from a variety of network-centric sources. The DCGS-N Enterprise Team, consisting of DCGS DCGS Distributed Common Ground System DCGS Distributed Common Ground Station DCGS Distributed Common Ground/Surface System (US DoD) DCGS Delaware County Genealogical Society (Ohio and Pennsylvania) experts from BAE Systems and Raytheon, will design and demonstrate a Web-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. (ISR) and targeting capability to support naval operations and other U.S. government agencies, military services, and U.S. allies for a wide range of missions. The team also will research and offer suggestions on how best to transition these functions into the baseline DCGS-N program. "Our mutually beneficial relationship with Raytheon illustrates our commitment to improving the sharing and access of mission net-centric intelligence across the naval enterprise," said Bill Ballhaus, president of Network Systems for BAE Systems. "Raytheon is a leader in adapting the network-centric approach for the U.S. Air Force," said Michael D. Keebaugh, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems (RIIS, IIS) is a business of Raytheon Company. It is led by Mike Keebaugh and its headquarters is located in Garland, TX. As of 2005, the division contains approximately 9,100 employees of whom 80% are cleared. . "As the prime contractor for DCGS Block 10.2 and the developer of the DCGS Integration Backbone, we are eager to bring our technology expertise, along with BAE Systems, to the U.S. Navy." DCGS-N, in combination with the DCGS Integration Backbone, will provide the network-centric operations backbone for the U.S. Navy and for the actionable and timely distribution of ISR data, processes, and systems. An enterprise DCGS-N solution will help naval combatant commanders make better operational decisions in major combat operations and the global war on terrorism Terrorist acts and the threat of Terrorism have occupied the various law enforcement agencies in the U.S. government for many years. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, as amended by the usa patriot act . About BAE Systems BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 88,000 employees worldwide, had 2006 sales that exceeded $25 billion. |
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