Company one of 59 awardees vying for orders under contract valued at $50 billion during next 10 years

RESTON, Va., April 3, 2009 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has been selected to continue providing enhanced information technology solutions and services through the new U.S. General Services Administration Alliant multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity acquisition contract.

Under Alliant, Raytheon will provide infrastructure, application services and information technology management services. The Alliant contract, originally awarded in August 2007, validates Raytheon's position as a premier provider of IT services to federal agencies. The GSA made 59 awards March 27 under the Alliant government-wide acquisition contract.

"Raytheon has been recognized for its strong performance in Millennia contracts, and this GSA Alliant contract will enable us to continue to provide the best IT solutions for our customers," said TW Scott, vice president of Raytheon Information Solutions. "We look forward to delivering the innovative, dependable solutions that our government customers have come to rely on for years."

The Alliant contract will be managed through the Raytheon IDIQ Service Center to ensure that it is optimized across the company.

"Raytheon has a vast company network to fulfill the task orders under the Alliant contract and to support our government customers' rapidly changing IT needs," said Susan Haeseler, director of Raytheon's IDIQ Service Center.

Raytheon Company, with 2008 sales of $23.2 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 87 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 73,000 people worldwide.

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