DULLES, Va., Feb. 16, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Missile
Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) a contract
to develop an automated tool that assesses the effectiveness of
using missiles and interceptors (kinetic) and cyber and electronic
warfare (non-kinetic) weapons in wargames. The system automatically
teaches participants which weapons to use in every possible
scenario, ultimately better preparing warfighters to succeed.
The Raytheon Coordinated Cyber/Electronic Warfare Integrated
Fires program, or CCEWIF, uses analytics to assess the
probabilities of success within a wargame scenario, using a mix of
kinetic and non-kinetic options. Raytheon will deliver an
initial CCEWIF wargame tool by early 2018.
"This really is a first of its kind tool that brings together
automation, analytics and cyber capabilities," said Todd Probert, vice president of Mission Support
and Modernization at Raytheon Intelligence, Information and
Services. "This unique program will give our military an edge in
today's digital battlespace when seconds count and they need
options and answers fast."
CCEWIF ingests real-world data about threats and kinetic and
non-kinetic effects to generate realistic simulations. Raytheon's
mathematical foundation then provides probabilities of success,
predicted battle damage to the target and confidence values for
those predictions.
As an example, CCEWIF could be used to provide probabilities of
success for using different cyber, electronic warfare and munition
options to take out an enemy ballistic missile before, during and
after launch.
MDA awarded Raytheon the CCEWIF contract under its Advanced
Technology Innovation Broad Agency Announcement.
About Raytheon
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$24 billion and 63,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 95 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5I™
products and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for
customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
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