
Raytheon [RTN] has received a $48 million Army contract to integrate and qualify hand-held devices into platform-mounted WiFi systems secured up to the Secret level, the company said on Oct. 7. Such platforms include the Sikorsky [LMT] UH-60 Black Hawk. Matt Gilligan, the vice president of Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business, said the integration would aid communications and collaboration among aircrews and ground forces. "Right now Black Hawk crews and dismounted soldiers rely heavily on voice communications during a…