Lexington Herald Leader, KY - 18 Mar 2003
... JOG's Lexington operations were created by E Systems Inc., beginning in 1985 and
continuing until 1995, when it was sold for $2.3 billion to Raytheon Co., a ...
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We own the kill chain.
Precision Engagement is the ability to locate, discern, and track objectives or targets; to employ the best systems available (kinetic or non-kinetic) to achieve the desired lethal or non-lethal effects; to assess results; and to reengage with decisive speed and overwhelming operational tempo as required. Precision Engagement is effects-based engagement and relevant to all types of operations.
http://www.raytheon.com/missions/precision/
Raytheon Co. is suing Oracle Corp. and seven other computer network and software companies, claiming they were using Raytheon's patented technology for storage systems without permission.
Also sued are QLogic Corp., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Overland Storage Inc., Qualstar Corp., Ricoh Corp., closely held Spectra Logic Corp. and Veritas Software Corp.
Raytheon says the companies are infringing its patent for a mass data storage library, which holds and retrieves large amounts of information. Brocade, QLogic and the other network companies make components used in the storage systems, while software companies such as Oracle and Veritas develop the programs to manage and backup the data.
Lexington-based Raytheon said a patent issued in 1993 to E-Systems Inc., which it owns, protects the invention from use without permission. The defense contractor asks that the companies be ordered to stop selling any infringing products and to pay Raytheon for past use of the invention. The federal lawsuit was filed Jan. 10 in Marshall, Texas.
Russell Marchetta, a spokesman for the West Caldwell, N.J.-based unit of Japan's Ricoh Co., said the company doesn't comment on pending litigation. Jamie Ernst, an outside spokeswoman for San Diego-based Overland, said the company has no comment. An official with Boulder, Colo.-based Spectra Logic had no immediate comment. Calls to the other companies weren't immediately returned.
Raytheon, the No. 4 U.S. defense contractor, acquired E-Systems for $2.3 billion in May 1995. Dallas-based E-Systems was a developer of intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance systems as well as navigation, communications and data systems.
The E-Systems mass data storage library was designed to warehouse databases for government and military clients. The systems were capable of storing up to 10,000 terabytes, or 1 trillion bytes, of data.
Before its acquisition by Raytheon, the company sought broader commercial applications in the petroleum, scientific and financial services markets.
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