Disaster Planning

Raytheon (News - Alert) Company will lead a group of industry representatives to demonstrate how military and off-the-shelf technologies can be integrated to provide greater effectiveness in law enforcement and first responder operations.

 

The demonstration is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on the Sept. 26 at the French Valley Airport in Temecula and will be attended by national, state and local public officials from the Los Angeles and San Diego areas. It will provide timely information to the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System, which is considering how law enforcement and first response organizations can better communicate across different frequencies and formats during a crisis.

 

Raytheon Company has a history of innovation spanning 86 years and, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world.

 

Gene Blackwell, vice president of Raytheon's Rapid Initiatives Group, says that for years, emergency responders have sought ways to increase the efficiencies in detecting, identifying, responding and eliminating threats and industry will now demonstrate how public institutions can save money and increase effectiveness by using available off-the-shelf products.

 

One of the demonstrations will utilize technology for affordable air surveillance, including timely processing of sensor data into valuable information. This persistent surveillance system mounted on an ultra-light aircraft is easily adaptable for a variety of airborne platforms and so can be augmented with a transportable blimp that can be used to help law enforcement survey a specific geographic area more quickly and efficiently.

 

Demos will also include vehicle force protection technology and capabilities that allow first responders and law enforcement officials to communicate during a crisis by connecting or networking their equipment – such as HF, UHF, VHF, 800 MHz or P25 radios communicating with a variety of satellite, cellular, Wi-Fi and digital land line telephones.

 

"Raytheon has long been a leader in integrating existing products and technology to provide unique solutions for civil and military customers," Blackwell said. "We think our demonstration this week will prove valuable to law enforcement and first responders."

 

With headquarters in Waltham, Mass. and about 72,000 employs worldwide, Raytheon 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. Some related news of the company is: Raytheon Completes Ground Segment Acceptance Testing Early for the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System, Raytheon protests U.S. Navy move on Aegis modernization, Fitch upgrades Raytheon on performance, debt reduction.