On July 5, 2006, Raytheon's Network Centric Systems (NCS) business announced the acquisition of Virtual Technology Corporation (VTC) of Alexandria, Va. By acquiring VTC and its 125 employees, Raytheon added cutting-edge capabilities critical to its customers and bolstered its position as a leader in net-centric operations and mission system integration.

Raytheon Virtual Technology Corporation (Raytheon VTC) is a rapidly growing, high-technology company specializing in distributed simulation, interoperability, and Command and Control (C2) systems solutions.

Raytheon VTC is headquartered in Alexandria, Va., with offices in Orlando, Fla., and onsite activities in Korea, Hawaii, Europe, and Southwest Asia. Deloitte & Touche recently named Raytheon VTC to their Technology Fast Fifty list for the fifth time in 6 years, for being one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in Virginia. Raytheon VTC was incorporated in 1994 and currently employs more than 120 people.

Raytheon VTC provides a comprehensive set of services and state-of-the-art tools for distributed systems and Joint warfighter solutions. Our distributed simulation expertise spans simulation domains, providing state-of-the-art solutions to Live, Virtual, and Constructive (LVC) simulation efforts, encompassing a wide range of mission-critical systems. Key to our solutions is the application of industry-leading talent; state-of-the-art tools and technologies; and proven, optimized management practices. Raytheon VTC also plays a leading role in the design, development, and application of the latest simulation standards including Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS), High-Level Architecture (HLA), Test and Training Enabling Architecture (TENA), and Common Training Instrumentation Architecture (CTIA). Our overall focus is to realize the promise of simulation to solve the DoD's most pressing and challenging problems in the areas of:

Acquisition Test and evaluation Analysis Training.

We design, build, and manage distributed simulation systems that help realize the promise of simulation by saving lives and saving money for the warfighter.

Our Joint warfighter solutions work similarly involves the application of the latest technologies in an agile development process to solve the most pressing and challenging operational problems. We provide essential development and field support services for pivotal Joint operational systems currently relied on in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and the Global War on Terror (GWOT). Our systems are in use in over 5,000 instances worldwide and with key Allied partners, providing truly Joint capabilities that are enabling transformation and serving immediate and future operational needs.

Our core service competencies include software and systems engineering for large-scale distributed systems:

LVC simulations C2 systems.

Design, development, and support of distributed simulation infrastructure and interoperability software:

DIS, HLA Runtime Infrastructure (RTI), TENA, C2, and tactical interfaces Federation engineering Automated Interoperability Testing (AIT).

Integrated synthetic environments to support wide range of Modeling and Simulation (M&S) applications:

Simulation-Based Acquisition (SBA) Analysis Test and evaluation Resource allocation Training.

Design, development, and support of distributed simulation products:

Exercise control and management, data collection and analysis, visualization, and interoperability.

Integrated C2 system development and support:

Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System (JADOCS) Theater Effects Based Operations (TEBO) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration(ACTD).

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Our products are being used by a wide range of DoD and industry customers to support vital distributed M&S efforts. These interoperability tools include:

RTI NG Pro® hlaResults® Interdaptor® Virtual Impact Tool Suite® Virtual Control®.

We are continually active in research and development of enabling technologies for distributed systems. A few areas we are currently working include:

LVC interoperability Automated interoperability testing Large-scale enterprise management and control Distributed human performance measurement and multi-site after-action review Scenario generation and control Infrastructure improvements Communications modeling Joint C2.

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Company History

Raytheon VTC had humble beginnings as a distributed simulation engineering services company started by three software engineers who provided instrumental support for the Joint Precision Strike Demonstration (JPSD) program development efforts in the early 1990s. Leveraging their experiences and lessons learned while building a large-scale distributed simulation environment, they undertook an effort to support the definition and development of the HLA as the standard protocol for distributed M&S. Working through the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO)-sponsored Architecture Management Group (AMG) proto-federation, they helped define the HLA specification. Raytheon VTC provided the technical leadership to migrate several of the JPSD simulation systems from custom Runtime Gateways to the initial DMSO RTI prototype (version 0.x) under the JPSD Experiment proto-federation project.

This effort initiated a long and mutually rewarding relationship between Raytheon VTC and DMSO and allowed Raytheon VTC to play a leading role in the design, development, and application of the latest standards for distributed simulation, including DIS and HLA. Raytheon VTC gained invaluable experience providing DMSO RTI helpdesk and DMSO Cadre support, providing expertise to many of the most complex and important distributed simulation programs across the DoD. Through the course of this activity, Raytheon VTC developed a tremendous amount of expertise in distributed simulation architecture, design, development, integration, and operational expertise. It is this experience that distinguishes us in the market today and is at the foundation of our desire to realize the promise of simulation.

We continue to provide a wide range of distributed simulation services and products to the DoD, other Government organizations, and Government contractors within the M&S and HLA community.

A few programs that highlight our experience in full life-cycle federation management include Aerial Common Sensor (ACS), Aviation Combined Arms Tactical Trainer-Aviation (AVCATT A), Tasmanian Devil (Taz), Synthetic Theater of War (STOW), Joint Warfighting Program (JWP) Trailblazer Pegasus, Joint Training Confederation (JTC), NATO DiMuNDS 2000, STRICOM Operation Desert Rats I/ITSEC 99/Joint Training Event (JTE), NATO Pathfinder, Joint Virtual Battlespace (JVB), Modeling Architecture for Technology Research and Experimentation (MATREX), Joint Distributed Engineering Plant (JDEP), LPD 17 Probability of Raid Annihilation, Royal Australian Navy (RAN) Air Warfare Destroyer Simulation-Assisted Acquisition, and the Navy Aviation Simulation Master Plan (NASMP).

Throughout our history, Raytheon VTC has been a successful participant in the Government's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and has developed many new products through the program. Raytheon VTC is one of a handful of companies that has repeatedly graduated our research efforts through all three SBIR Phases and into successful commercialization. Many of our commercially available products were developed and launched as SBIR projects.

As Raytheon VTC moves into the future, we continue to lead interoperability efforts across the distributed simulation and C2 fields with best and brightest minds in the industry and cutting-edge tools to support those efforts.