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Raytheon stories: 5 news summaries

Pentagon
Builds Legion
of 'Hacker Soldiers' 

US lags behind in cyberwarfare: experts

May 31, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Military recruiters may still prize the strapping jock, but military contractors are wooing the scrawny computer geek to join the ranks of young "hacker soldiers" enlisted to defend the US in cyberwarfare, the New York Times reports. Most of the biggest companies, like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin, have... More »

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Pentagon • Raytheon • cyberwarfare • hacker • US military • Northrop Grumman • defense contractors

(Newser) - Major defense contractors are already staffed with "hacker soldiers" who can help them earn billions of dollars in Washington's new cyberwar, the New York Times reports. Cranking rock tunes and piling up pop cans, engineers hack away at companies like Raytheon, working for the Pentagon or protecting internal documents.... More »

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Raytheon • cyberwarfare • US military • recruitment • computer security • Obama administration • defense contractors • President Obama

Embattled Blackwater Maneuvering to Expand Role

Seeks new contracts despite massacre

Oct 15, 07 3:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Blackwater, the private security firm under fire for controversial shootings in Iraq, is preparing expansion plans to develop a bigger role as an arm of the US military. Company founder Erik Prince wants to make Blackwater a one-stop shop for all kinds of operations to which Washington won't commit US... More »

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Iraq • Robert Gates • Raytheon • Blackwater • drug trafficking • Lockheed Martin • Erik Prince • Northrop Grumman Corp • David Price

Ray Gun Eyed for Riot Control

Weapon focuses painful microwave beam on skin, but doesn't kill

Oct 9, 07 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is eyeing a new weapon said to produce "waves of agony" for its potential in riot control and combat situations, reports Information Week. Raytheon's Silent Guardian aims a highly concentrated beam of millimeter waves, heating water just under the skin in a manner that creates a... More »

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Air Force • Raytheon • directed energy weapon • ray gun • nonlethal weapons

Pentagon Woos Tech Startups

Venture capital firms play matchmaker in Defense search for new technologies

May 7, 07 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infant tech companies are fast becoming a tributary in the pipeline between the Pentagon and big contractors, the Times reports. And in a new, official initiative, Defense is tasking venture capitalists to harvest ideas and technologies from the fast-moving tech startups they monitor, and small companies are winning coveted contracts. More »

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national security • technology • Pentagon • intelligence • Defense • Raytheon

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