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Raytheon Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides electronics, mission systems integration, and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a range of mission support services. The company serves both domestic and international customers, principally as a prime contractor on a portfolio of defense and related programs for government customers. Segments The company operates through six segments: Integrated Defense Systems (IDS); Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS); Missile Systems (MS); Network Centric Systems (NCS); Space and Airborne Systems (SAS); and Technical Services (TS). IDS This segment provides integrated air and missile defense, radar solutions, and naval combat and ship electronic systems. This segment also delivers combat-proven performance against the spectrum of airborne and ballistic missile threats, and engages in the technology, development, and production of sensors and mission systems. This segment provides solutions to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), its services and agencies, and various international customers. In 2012, IDS continued deliver on orders for international Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems (Patriot A&MD Systems), and domestic and international air and missile defense radars, and continued to serve as the prime mission systems integrator for all electronic and combat systems of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyer program (DDG 1000). IDS also continued to deliver on orders for airborne low frequency sonars and domestic and international torpedo programs, including maintaining its position as the U.S. Navy's sole production supplier for torpedoes. Product Lines This segment has the following principal product lines: Global Integrated Sensors (GIS) GIS provides integrated whole-life air and missile defense systems. GIS produces systems and solutions, such as the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor, which is a theater-based, advanced sensor system that provides long-endurance, over-the-horizon detection, and tracking capabilities required to defeat hostile cruise missiles. GIS also produces Early Warning Radars, such as the Army Navy/Transportable Radar Surveillance-Model 2, the updated early warning radar family of sensors, and the Sea-based X-band radar, which provide threat detection, precision tracking, discrimination, and classification of ballistic missile threats. In addition, GIS completed the preliminary design review contract of the Space Fence program, which is designed to detect objects in low earth orbit to provide timeliness to meet warfighter space situational awareness requirements. Primary customers include the U.S. Army and Air Force, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and international customers. Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) IAMD provides combat-proven air and missile defense systems, such as the Patriot A&MD System, which serves as the foundation for integrated air and missile defense for the U.S. Army and international partners. The National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also offered by IAMD, is an adaptable mid-range solution for any operational air defense requirement, which is deployed in the U.S. and with international partners. Additionally, IAMD provides the Hawk XXI, an air defense system against low- to medium-altitude air threats with fire control and battle management for the international market. Primary customers include the U.S. Army and international customers. Seapower Capability Systems (SCS) SCS is a provider and integrator of naval combat management, airborne anti-submarine and mine warfare, and integrated ship systems, as well as sensors, maritime naval navigation systems and torpedoes for the U.S. and international navies. SCS is the prime contractor of mission systems equipment for the Navy's DDG 1000 combat system and provides the Ship Self Defense System, an open, distributed combat management system for the U.S. Navy carriers and amphibious ships. In addition, SCS met two critical performance requirements on the Cobra Judy Replacement program, a prog