Unisys Corporation today announced that Raytheon Company has purchased new generation Unisys ClearPath Forward technology for  its Global Patriot Solutions program for missile defense.

Raytheon will use the ClearPath Forward technology to develop software to help improve the performance of the combat proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System.

Unisys ClearPath Forward is a secure, scalable, hardware independent software environment for high volume enterprise computing. The new generation ClearPath Forward technology that Raytheon has purchased uses a software based fabric architecture for faster and more efficient interconnection of components across the computing infrastructure.

The new generation ClearPath Forward technology boosts system performance while delivering the unmatched security of the ClearPath OS 2200 operating environment. The ClearPath operating environments are the only ones on the market in which user data has never been forcibly extracted.1

We are excited to continue supporting a program that is crucial to the security of so many people in so many countries, and we are gratified that Raytheon recognizes the business value of Unisys ongoing innovation in ClearPath Forward technology for the Global Patriot Solutions program, said Michael Morrison, vice president and general manager, Enterprise Solutions, North America for Unisys.

Source:prnewswire.com