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PERSPECTIVE
THE EYES AND EARS OF NORAD
Raytheon Technologies continues working with NORAD
to modernize technology to protect Canada's North.
B
y accelerating our decision-
making, we can move left of
launch and hopefully dissuade
an adversary from even con-
sidering launching an attack.
NORAD, or North American Aerospace
Defense Command, must remain ready
to respond to any attack and protect the
North American infrastructure. Raytheon
Technologies is prepared to do this with a
focused, layered web of proven effectors
ready to engage anything from small Un-
manned Aerial Systems to cruise, hyper-
sonic and ballistic missiles.
"Leveraging proven solutions helps min-
imize program risk and enable NORAD to
deliver a high-paced, low-risk, cost-effec-
tive technical solution for continental de-
fence," said Mike Lewis, director of Ray-
theon ELCAN, a Raytheon Technologies
subsidiary in Canada. "Raytheon Tech-
nologies has proven weapon technologies
and effectors to support Canada's plan to
modernize Canada's continental defence
capabilities and protect Canadians from
new and emerging threats."
Established in 1958, NORAD is the
bi-national military cooperation be-
tween Canada and the United States
that provides aerospace warning, air sov-
ereignty and defence for North America.
This mission becomes increasingly more
difficult as adversaries develop advanced
capabilities.
Canada is investing in capabilities to de-
fend critical locations in the event of an at-
tack. The key to optimizing that response
is to ensure the platforms being fielded
are equipped with the correct effectors
integrated with a proven Command, Con-
trol, Communications, Computers Intel-
ligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance,
or C4ISR, network. The command struc-
ture needs the right information at the
right time to assess the situation and direct
an appropriate response.
DETECTION AND TRACKING
ARE ONLY THE FIRST
STEPS IN IDENTIFYING
THREATS TO NORTH
AMERICA. THE CAPABILITY
TO DEFEND AGAINST
THREATS WILL DEPEND ON
THE SPEED AT WHICH WE
COLLECT, ANALYZE AND
USE DATA TO OPTIMIZE
THE DECISION LOOP.
