RTX BBN Technologies
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Founded | October 15, 1948 |
| Founder | Leo Beranek, Richard Bolt and later Robert Newman |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Parent | RTX Corporation |
| Website | rtx |
RTX BBN Technologies (originally Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. and formerly Raytheon BBN Technologies) 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.