Raytheon Professional Services Awarded NATO e-ITEP Development Contract
By Raytheon Company, PRNEWednesday, May 11, 2011
RUESSELSHEIM, Germany, May 12, 2011 - Raytheon Professional Services LLC (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN), has received a NATO contract to develop an electronic
Individual Training and Education Program (e-ITEP).
The e-ITEP is a Web-based, commercial, off-the-shelf software application
customized by RPS for the alliance. "The system will allow near real-time
visibility by users to ensure transparency and improve the communication of
training requirements and opportunities," said Paul Swinscoe, RPS business
development director.
"This is a key milestone in the new NATO training landscape," said Allied
Command Transformation Deputy Chief of Staff Karlheinz Viereck. "e-ITEP will
support the goal of delivering the right training to the right people at the
right time, allowing individuals arriving at a NATO post to possess the
skills and competencies necessary to perform their assigned duties."
Learn more about RPS' learning solutions at
www.raytheon.com/businesses/other/rps/.
Read more about NATO's e-ITEP
(www.act.nato.int/organization/hq-sact/structure/joint-force-trainer/605-a-key-milestone-in-the-new-nato-training-landscape-the-electronic-education-and-training-education-programme-e-itep).
Raytheon Company, with 2010 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defence, homeland security and other
government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation
spanning 89 years, 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. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass.,
Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, or NATO, is an intergovernmental
military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. NATO Allied Command
Transformation (ACT) is tasked to transform NATO training to harmonize,
synchronize, standardize and supervise the delivery of education and
individual training in a manner that is transparent, open to nations,
partners, academia and industry in order to provide greater effectiveness,
efficiency and affordability to NATO.
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