Raytheon submits proposal for GBS move

RESTON, Va., Nov. 17 (UPI) -- Raytheon Co. announced it has submitted a bid to support the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center in transitioning its Global Broadcast Service.

U.S. company Raytheon says its proposal for the Air Force Global Broadcast Service Satellite Broadcast Manager Defense Enterprise Computing Center Transition contract is designed to offer a low-risk solution to the Air Force Electronic Systems Center.

The Air Force Electronic Systems Center is working to transition its Global Broadcast Service to the Defense Information System Agency. The Global Broadcast Service is the Air Force's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance multimedia communications support system.

"The Raytheon-led team has proposed a low-risk solution to ensure the successful transition of this mission-critical capability to the new computing centers," Michael Keebaugh, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems president, said in a statement.

"Raytheon sustains an 11-year history as the Global Broadcast Service solutions provider for the Air Force and continues to build on 40 years of leadership in precision satellite ground command and control and data processing systems."