Raytheon secures airport security screening agreement

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has secured a five-year, $318 million Transportation Security Administration (TSA) contract to expand checked baggage screening equipment deployment at federally managed airports.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space is a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies and previously executed the installation of new and upgraded existing checked baggage screening equipment in 155 airports in the nation’s central region.

The new contract would expand the scope to all of the approximately 430 federal airports nationwide.

“We have worked with the TSA since its inception to strengthen security at our airports,” said John DeSimone, vice president of Cybersecurity, Training and Services for Raytheon Intelligence & Space. “This nationwide expansion of our partnership allows us to continue to protect passengers from evolving security threats.”

Company officials said Raytheon Intelligence & Space is a trusted partner of TSA, with more than 20 years of airport security services experience, noting Raytheon has installed, upgraded, or decommissioned over 1,700 pieces of TSA security equipment over the course of the past six years.

Raytheon Intelligence & Space officials said the company delivers technologies customers need to succeed in any domain versus any challenge, noting the business develops advanced sensors, training, and cyber and software solutions, providing a decisive advantage to civil, military, and commercial customers in more than 46 global locales.