\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cThe acquisition, upon completion, will facilitate expansion by NORSS through access to new markets,\u201d concluded Ralph \u2018Dinz\u2019 Dinsley, Executive Director of NORSS. \u201cAs part of Raytheon Intelligence and Space, we will have expanded access to international markets, continued investments in research and development, and opportunities to collaborate on the next generation of space technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n
What is Raytheon UK?<\/h3>\n Raytheon UK holds facilities across the United Kingdom, including Broughton, Livingston, Glenrothes, Harlow, Gloucester, and Manchester, and is invested in the British workforce and the development of UK technology. The company is considered a major supplier to the UK government, and currently employs 2,000 highly skilled people supporting the aerospace, defence, and space sectors. Raytheon UK is part of Raytheon Intelligence and Space, a Raytheon Technologies business.<\/p>\n
What is NORSS?<\/h3>\n NORSS was established in 2017 and is currently headquartered in Alnwick, which is in the northeast of England. The company has operations at NETPark, Sedgefield, County Durham, and Didcot in Oxfordshire. NORSS is dedicated to developing the critical capabilities and the experience required for end-to-end space situational awareness and understanding of activities on near-earth orbits. It is devoted to supporting the long-term sustainability of the benefits from space and to democratising data of space. NORSS operates its LEO Optical Camera Installation (LOCI) from Kielder Forest, Northumberland in a unique collaboration with the Kielder Observatory. This disruptive platform will revolutionise the management of satellites in orbit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Raytheon, UK, has announced an agreement to acquire Northern Space and Security Ltd, in order to improve the quality of the UK\u2019s orbital analysis. Raytheon\u2019s acquisition of Northern Space and Security Ltd (NORSS), combines its complementary capabilities to advance its offerings in space domain awareness. NORSS is headquartered in the northeast of England and specialises […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":23265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[830],"tags":[24128,809],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Raytheon and NORSS: Enhancing the quality of the UK\u2019s orbital analysis<\/title>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n \n \n \n \n \n\t \n\t \n\t \n