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Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems Driven By People, Execution And Growth, Exec Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 30th, 2011

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Faced with an uncertainties in the global environment and the defense budget, Raytheon’s [RTN] Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) business is focused on execution, growth and people, the sector president said. IDS deals with weapons, sensors and integration systems for multiple mission areas, to include air and missile defense, radars, naval ship operating systems, robotics and other advanced technologies. “I run the business on a triangle,” said Thomas Kennedy, a Raytheon vice president and president of IDS. “In that triangle are…

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