TEWKSBURY, Mass., March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S.
Office of Naval Research recently awarded Raytheon Company [NYSE:
RTN] an $11.8 million contract to
develop networking technologies enabling greater sensor
interconnectivity and enhancing integrated fires capabilities for
Naval operations.
Communications and Interoperability for Integrated Fires, or
CIIF, will advance situational awareness for force-wide integrated
air and missile defense. New and existing ships, planes, UAVs and
expeditionary forces will communicate and share critical
information across data links. These links connect one platform to
another via radio frequency to transmit and receive digital
information.
CIIF will leverage existing and planned sensor networking
systems deployed onboard naval ships and aircraft, and in U.S.
Marine Corps expeditionary systems and land-based test sites. CIIF
provides a greater information flow of integrated fires data
supporting higher fidelity situational awareness and data
dissemination capability across the battle force.
"CIIF brings the Navy closer to full spectrum awareness and
supports distributed lethality," said Colin
Whelan, vice president of Advanced Technology at Raytheon
Integrated Defense Systems. "Battlefield commanders need instant
access to as much information as possible to protect critical
assets and save lives. CIIF ties together that information – from
land, sea and air-based sensors, across the services – in ways
never before possible."
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2016 sales
of $24 billion and 63,000 employees,
is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense,
civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5ITM products
and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers
in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
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