Sponsor Profile: Raytheon

A highlight of the 26th National Space Symposium will be the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Luncheon, Wednesday, April 14, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo. Sponsored by Raytheon, the luncheon will honor former Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle Astronaut Captain John Young, USN (Retired). The Space Foundation Board of Directors selected Young to receive this year’s Hill Award, the Foundation’s highest honor.

Raytheon is a Space Foundation Platinum Member and a long-time sponsor of the National Space Symposium. With 2009 sales of $25 billion, Raytheon is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security, and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 88 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration, and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 75,000 people worldwide.

The premier gathering of the global space community, the 26th National Space Symposium is presented by the Space Foundation, based in Colorado Springs, and will be held April 12-15 at The Broadmoor Hotel.

For more information on Raytheon, click here  http://www.raytheon.com/
To see a list of corporate sponsors, click here; to learn how to become a corporate sponsor, email Sponsorships@SpaceFoundation.org.