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Army

Raytheon’s Warfighter FOCUS Saves Money, Provides Efficiencies

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, October 9th, 2014

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Raytheon’s Warfighter FOCUS Saves Money, Provides Efficiencies

In its seven years of operation, Raytheon’s [RTN] warfighter Warfighter Field Operations Customer Support (FOCUS) program has saved the government $300 million, a company executive said. Raytheon was awarded the $11 billion program in May 2008. “It matters what we do,” said Bob Williams, vice president of Raytheon Global training Solutions. “What we do at warfighter FOCUS is maintain, operate and sustain all training devices the Army has.” That means training systems at some 400 locations around the world, and…

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