Raytheon Delivers Web-Based Applications to Mobile Users in Industry-First Milestone

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Oct. 7, 2009 -- Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), in collaboration with the U.S. Army's Communications Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, recently completed industry-first experiments using Raytheon's fourth generation wireless networking technology.

The Enhanced Position Location Reporting System 4th Generation served as the network backbone and provided the ability to connect with many current and future force systems as part of an overarching network-of-networks architecture.

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Mobile platoons used secure, real-time wireless access to Web-based services previously available only at fixed locations. By extending the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical network to mobile platforms, platoons accessed e-mail, talked with one another, exchanged imagery and interacted with the Tactical Ground System.

"For the first time, we have demonstrated the ability to connect Web-based applications in a mobile environment where previously no secure infrastructure existed," said Jerry Powlen, vice president, Raytheon's Integrated Communications Systems. "The EPLRS-4G will help protect our warfighters and provide them with real-time, high-speed intelligence and communication that they can share with one another. This enhancement secures EPLRS' place as the Department of Defense's most modern, mobile wireless ad-hoc network for years to come."

Source: Raytheon Company