RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

We invest in research and development (R&D) according to a long-term plan based on estimated market needs. Our R&D efforts focus on anticipating operational needs of our customers, achieving reduced time to market and increasing affordability. We emphasize improving existing systems and products and developing new ones using emerging or existing technologies.

We perform R&D projects to produce new systems. We also are engaged in R&D activities with international and governmental institutions. These projects give us the opportunity to develop and test emerging technologies. We develop tools for fast prototyping for both the design and development process. Fast prototyping permits the operational team members to effectively specify requirements and to automatically transfer them into software code.

Our R&D projects relate to defense, homeland security and commercial applications. Examples of our ongoing R&D projects include those for advanced armor system; bomb disposal system; connectivity, including information extraction and processing, data fusion capabilities and cutting-edge radios and communication systems; and real-time training and simulation systems. We employ thousands of engineers and specialists to cover various topics for advancement. In addition, most of our program managers have engineering backgrounds. A big part of our total workforce is engaged in research, development and engineering.