Raytheon’s System of Elements
Raytheon has trademarked the system of elements concept, which was described to Aviation International News by Dean Cash of the company’s Network Ce

Raytheon has trademarked the system of elements concept, which was described to Aviation International News by Dean Cash of the company’s Network Centric Systems. “Take a fighter aircraft,” he said. “It’s a system, but one composed of five elements: the platform itself, the pilot, the sensor suite, the weapons payload and the communications. You assign an IP address to each of these five elements. A similar set of five elements can be defined for a ship, a tank, or even a soldier. In a networked environment, the elements of each system can operate independently with one another. This creates interdependence.”