Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has developed an advanced common ground control system, or CGCS, for the U.S. Air Force to address mission capability needs for the Predator unmanned aircraft system. The proposed CGCS is also compatible with improved Predator operations centers currently being fielded to the U.S. Air National Guard. Raytheon stated the Company can produce the first CGCS system in less than 12 months, with data support from platform primes and adequate funding support for the Department of Defense. Raytheon predicts that during the next 10 years, it can save the Air Force more than US$500 million. The five cost savings benefits include reduce manpower requirements by 20 percent — reduce ground control segment requirements by 20 percent — reduce training time and costs by 30 percent — reduce aircraft losses by 50 percent.