Raytheon and Estonia agree to collaborate on cyber security

Raytheon has agreed to collaborate with the Estonian Defense Ministry to explore long-term collaboration in the area of cyber security.

Estonian Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary Mikk Marran agreed on the collaborative agreement with Raytheon during a Marran’s visit to Washington to discuss on issues of US-Estonia defence cooperation.

Marran said: "Strong defense-industrial cooperation between the United States and Estonia is in our country’s strategic interest."

Raytheon International president Tom Vecchiolla said: "Combining Estonia’s world class information technology infrastructure with Raytheon’s cyber security expertise will result in new opportunities to address the most challenging cyber threats on a global scale.

"We anticipate significant and synergistic benefits through this unique collaboration."

Representatives from Estonia Defense Ministry and Raytheon will meet in Tallinn to discuss on specific areas of the collaboration.

The collaboration will initial focus on advancing industry partnerships and undertaking joint initiatives aimed to boost cyber defence capabilities for Estonia, Raytheon and others that seek advice and assistance.

Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services president David Wajsgras said: "Raytheon has developed a very strong portfolio of national-scale cyber defense solutions that complement the investments and innovations made by Estonia in securing the cyber domain for its people.

"This collaboration will explore important new solutions within the critical domain of national cyber security."