Acquiring Hughes Gives Raytheon the Troubled WAAS Program

With the recent purchase of Hughes Aircraft, Raytheon Systems Co. also inherited the troubled Wide Area Augmentation System contract. Development of WAAS, vital for ensuring sole-means GPS navigation, is behind its original schedule and over budget. Meanwhile, Raytheon's FAA contract for the...

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