Raytheon Company [NYSE: RTN] has been awarded a task order to restore the available bandwidth of the Global Broadcast Service satellite communications system over the Atlantic Ocean to support naval vessels and operations. Under the Advanced Technology Support Program III, Raytheon will complete the integration of the Satellite Broadcast Manager facility in Norfolk, Virginia, with the U.S. Naval Station uplink in Rota, Spain, to provide GBS broadcast coverage over the Atlantic.

Developed and operated by Raytheon, the GBS is a worldwide mission support system that provides decision managers and warfighters at the edge of the Global Information Grid with high-speed, high-volume critical intelligence and situational awareness data to military forces on post, in transit and in theater.

"The enhancement to GBS restores the bandwidth available to disseminate mission essential intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance data to warfighters transiting or operating in the Atlantic Ocean," said Guy A. Dubois, vice president of Raytheon's Operational Technologies and Solutions.