A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has unveiled its latest tactical free-space optical communication technology designed to enable secure data connectivity in contested environments. NexGen Optix from Raytheon Blackbird Technologies is an ultra-low size, weight and power-cost optical transceiver system that uses a nonradio frequency approach to transferring data over longer distances, the company said Wednesday. The […] More

Blue Canyon Technologies has been selected to design and produce three small satellites for a NASA program aimed at assessing the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms and how they affect climate and weather models.  The Raytheon Technologies subsidiary will equip the microsatellites with a dynamic microwave radiometer and dynamic atmospheric radar to measure Earth’s […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ research and development arm has partnered with software company SpiderOak to develop a technology offering meant to secure low Earth-orbit satellite communications. The partnership will embark on a project to build and integrate a flight-ready satcom security platform with space-based hardware, Raytheon said Tuesday. SpiderOak plans to combine its OrbitSecure cybersecurity software with […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to induct Stephen duMont, president of GM Defense, into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading company growth efforts through new business establishment and industry and defense collaborations. The award is the first time duMont was named among the Wash100 recipients, who are elite public and private sector individuals […] More

Strangeworks, an Austin, Texas-based software company focused on quantum computing, has closed a round of Series A financing led by Hitachi Ventures and will use the investment to support efforts to offer quantum-inspired technologies, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and other tech platforms. IBM and Raytheon Technologies participated in the Series A round, which raised $24 […] More

Raytheon Technologies was tapped by the U.S. Navy to integrate hardware and software for the relocatable over-the-horizon radar, which is used in long-range detection of narcotics being smuggled into the country. The company said Monday it will help improve maritime enhancements to the radar as the project’s lead systems integrator. Raytheon manufactured the ROTHR for […] More

Neural Propulsion System received a strategic investment from Raytheon Technologies‘ venture capital arm RTX Ventures via a series B funding.  Through the investment, Neural Propulsion Systems will develop a radar technology equipped with enhanced resolution and longer range for mobile and defense applications, the artificial intelligence company said Thursday. The amount of the investment was […] More

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has agreed to move into the new UA Tech Park at the Bridges, leasing around 14,000 square feet of office space near the University of Arizona.  The Raytheon Technologies unit is relocating to The Refinery building, one of the first multi-tenant buildings at the 65-acre research park, UA Tech Park manager […] More

Raytheon Technologies reported $67.1 billion in revenue for its full 2022 fiscal year, a 4 percent increase over fiscal 2021 figures. The Arlington, Virginia-based company said Tuesday defense programs accounted for $69 billion of its $175 billion total backlog as of Dec. 31 and commercial aerospace work accounted for the remaining $106 billion. Sales grew […] More

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The research and development arm of Raytheon Technologies has secured a contract to develop mission planning and command and control software for the U.S. Air Force’s rocket cargo initiative.  Raytheon BBN team will design and create collaborative planning and C2 processes and tools in support of the project that aims to use commercial technologies to […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business received the 2022 Defense Manufacturing Technology Achievement award for enhancing its gallium nitride production process. The new version of GaN is covered by the Defense Production Act Title III contract and manufactured at the semiconductor foundry of Raytheon Missiles & Defense in Andover, Massachusetts, the company said Thursday. The […] More