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Headquarters: Centennial, Colorado

Employees: 400 full time, 800 seasonal

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Raytheon Polar Services Company, an RTSC program, is under contract to the National Science Foundation to provide science, operations, and maintenance support to sustain year-round research programs at three U.S. stations in Antarctica and on two research vessels in the Antarctic Ocean.

Raytheon Polar Services provides the following support and services:

Research laboratory and vessel operations
Remote field camp support and field safety training
Facilities engineering, maintenance and construction
Global communications operation and maintenance
Medical clearances and clinic operations
Acquisition of services, supplies and equipment
Transportation for cargo and passengers
Food service, recreation, convenience store operations
Airfield services, maintenance, equipment operations
Power and water production and fuel operations
Vehicle maintenance and waste management
Human resource and financial management
Data entry and inventory management
Fire department and airfield crash rescue
Housing management and janitorial services