Raytheon BBN Technologies
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | ICT Industry |
| Founded: | 1940 |
| Founder(s): | Richard Bolt Leo Beranek Robert Newman |
| Headquarters: | 10 Moulton Street Cambridge, MA 02138 |
| Country: | USA |
| Website: | www.bbn.com |
| Key People | |
| Robert G. Elmer, President | |
BBN (Bolt, Beranek and Newman) now Raytheon BBN Technologies is one of the leading Research and Development companies in the United States dedicated in providing high-technology products and services to consumers. The company specializes in speech recognotion technologies, cyber security, advanced networking, sensor systems and information & knowledge technologies. BBN was one of the research companies involved in the development of ARPANET, which became the internet. The company was known for developing the packet switching, the first network e-mail and the first router.[1] Robert G. Elmer serves as president of the company and its' main office is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
History
BBN originated from the acoustic consulting firm founded by MIT professors Richard Bolt and Leo Beranek in 1948. When the company was contracted to do the acoustic design of the United Nations Assembly Hall in 1949, Bolt asked his former student Robert Newman to join the company. The three formed BBN.[2]