Sponsor Profile: Raytheon

Raytheon Company is a Space Foundation Platinum Member and a long-time sponsor of the National Space Symposium, the premier gathering of the global space community.

Raytheon Chairman and CEO William "Bill" Swanson will be a featured speaker at the 28th National Space Symposium, to be held April 16-19, 2012 at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Swanson's talk is slated for Tuesday, April 17.

Raytheon is also sponsoring the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Luncheon on April 18 to honor 2012 recipient Gen. Thomas S. Moorman, Jr., USAF, Ret., former vice chief of staff of the Air Force. The Space Foundation presents the Hill award annually in honor of its late chairman Gen. James E. Hill, USAF, Ret.

Additionally, Raytheon will support the popular Cyber 1.2 Networking Reception on April 16, prior to the opening ceremony of the 2012 National Space Symposium.

For more information about the Hill luncheon tickets and to securely register for Cyber 1.2 and for the 28th National Space Symposium, visit www.nationalspacesymposium.org/register.

Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. The company 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. Raytheon's global headquarters is located in Waltham, Mass., its Space and Airborne Systems business is based in El Segundo, Calif., and its Intelligence and Information Systems business is based in Garland, Texas.

For more information on Raytheon, click here www.raytheon.com.

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