RESTON, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon Technical Services Company LLC (RTSC), a subsidiary of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), has been selected by the U.S. Navy to provide education and training solutions for the Naval Education and Training Professional Development and Technology Center.

The multiple award indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract has a ceiling valued at $43 million with cost-plus fixed-fee and firm fixed-price delivery orders. The base year ceiling is estimated at $8.4 million, and the contract carries four, one-year options.

RTSC will support the center with instructional systems development, program management and analytical support to deliver products, tools and services to the Navy's Total Force enterprise for the development of a competency-based workforce capable of meeting current and future warfighting efforts. Work will be performed in Pensacola, Fla.

"This award is particularly important to Raytheon because it supports our goal of providing our U.S. and international customers with the superior training solutions they require to achieve their mission objectives," said Steve Teel, RTSC vice president for Raytheon Global Training Solutions. "We look forward to our continued support of the Navy's training and performance enhancement initiatives."

Raytheon provides the full spectrum of training capabilities from front-end training analysis, training system design and curriculum development to training delivery, logistics and evaluation. Raytheon is one of the largest training providers in the world.

RTSC provides technology solutions for defense, federal and commercial customers worldwide. RTSC specializes in Mission Support (including installation, integration, maintenance, training and logistics support), counterproliferation and counterterrorism, homeland security solutions, base and range operations and customized engineering and manufacturing.

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

Note to Editors:

This contract award was originally announced by the Department of Defense Aug. 22, 2008

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