Raytheon Company
has been selected to provide information technology (IT) services to the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Langley Research
Center, under the U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA) Federal
Technology Service Millennia contract. This task order is valued at $183
million and includes a one-year base period and seven one-year options.

Under the award, Raytheon has teamed with NCI Information Systems, Inc.;
Analytical Services and Materials; Aerospace Computing, Inc.; and the Software
Factory to provide IT services for business and scientific applications. The
range of technical support includes high-performance computing, visualization,
web-enabled applications development, hardware/software maintenance, systems
administration and database design. Work under the contract will be performed
in Hampton, Va.

This is the fourth GSA task order that Raytheon has been awarded under
Millennia. Raytheon was awarded a $228 million IT services task order with the
Department of Energy, a $27.5 million network management and technology
integration support task order with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md., and a $4.4 million Military Airspace Management System
operations task order with Tinker AFB, Okla.

“These awards demonstrate Raytheon’s growing presence as a leading
provider of IT services,” said Phil LePore, a vice president of Raytheon
Company and chairman and chief executive officer of Raytheon Technical
Services Company. “Government wide agency contracts like Millennia give our
government customers quicker and more efficient access to the broad range of
IT resources and expertise that we have to offer.”

Raytheon Technical Services Company, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company,
provides technical, scientific and professional services for defense, federal
and commercial customers worldwide. It specializes in management, operation
and maintenance of customer facilities, equipment and systems; logistics and
life-cycle support; overhaul and repair depot operations; engineering,
logistics and personnel support; space and earth sciences; test and training
range support; and privatization of government services.

Raytheon Company is a global technology leader that provides products and
services in the areas of commercial and defense electronics, and business and
special mission aircraft. Raytheon has operations throughout the United States
and serves customers in more than 70 countries.

NOTE TO EDITORS:

The General Services Administration’s Federal Technology Service (FTS)
Millennia contract may be used by all agencies and departments of the Federal
government, including every executive department and branch of the military
service and more than 50 independent federal agencies. This multiple award,
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is designed to support
large, long-term programs. Raytheon is one of 11 FTS Millennia contractors
providing IT services in software engineering, communications and systems
integration. Raytheon was the only awardee on the four task orders mentioned
in this release.