By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] and BlackwaterUSA have come together as "Team Innovation" to compete for the Army-Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), officials said. Raytheon decided to get into the competition because of its work as a major systems integrator, a core business, John Manning, Raytheon JLTV program manager, told Defense Daily in an interview. Additionally, the company found it is the original manufacturer of eight of 18 government-directed and provided pieces of equipment for the JLTV. After…
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