[Satellite Today 11-14-08] A team led by Raytheon has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Satellite Broadcast Manager Defense Enterprise Computing Center transition contract, Raytheon announced Nov. 14.
    The Raytheon team includes Harris Corp., the capacity service provider and integrator, Hewlett Packard, and modem developer, ViaSat.
    The Air Force Electronic Systems Center, based in Massachusetts, will transition GBS broadcast functionality to centralized U.S. Defense Information System Agency computing centers and position the system to meet and support the evolving needs of the warfighter.
    GBS will be integrated into future net-centric operations across the global information grid.