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Raytheon DCGS Integration Backbone Completes Test

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Thursday, June 4th, 2009

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Raytheon's [RTN] Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) Integration Backbone, or DIB, team has completed a rigorous, multiple-day test of its new DIB version 1.3, representing an important step toward delivering new intelligence-sharing technology to users worldwide. DIB software is installed in more than 100 systems around the world and is a key enabler for information sharing and collaboration among previously isolated intelligence centers, the company said in a June 2 statement. "This latest DIB is the most advanced information-sharing technology…

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