Raytheon BBN
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1948 |
| Founder | Leo Beranek and Richard Bolt |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Parent | RTX Corporation |
| Website | rtx |
Raytheon BBN (originally Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc.) is an American research and development company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Raytheon in 2009.