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Raytheon Champions Open Architecture As Path To Affordable UAS Futures

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Thursday, August 25th, 2011

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Raytheon [RTN] officials say it is clear that with conflict winding down in Iraq and Afghanistan and budget pressures, radical change is needed for unmanned aircraft systems to be affordable and innovative and provide warfighters with what they need in the future. "One of the most important things that we can do as a country is make sure that they have open, government owned interfaces," Mark Bigham, vice president, business development at Intelligence and Information Systems at Raytheon, said recently…

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