Raytheon BBN
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Raytheon BBN (originally Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.) is an American research and development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[1]
Quick Facts Company type, Founded ...
Company type | Subsidiary |
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Founded | 1948; 76 years ago (1948) |
Founder | Leo Beranek and Richard Bolt |
Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
Parent | RTX Corporation |
Website | www |
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In 1966, the Franklin Institute awarded the firm the Frank P. Brown Medal, in 1999 BBN received the IEEE Corporate Innovation Recognition, and on 1 February 2013, BBN was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors that the U.S. government bestows upon scientists, engineers and inventors, by President Barack Obama.[2] It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon in 2009.