Kim Ernzen, vice president for air warfare systems product line at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Thursday that the company is developing a supply chain and a system to produce the Naval Strike Missile in the U.S. to create jobs in several states.

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Kim Ernzen, vice president for air warfare systems at Raytheon, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Thursday that the company's new medium-range missile offering incorporates some features of two other missiles that were designed to support air-to-air engagement missions.

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Raytheon and France-based military electronics maker Safran have partnered to develop sighting systems intended for combat vehicles. Both companies signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate their electro-optical and inertial measurement unit technologies to produce a forward-looking infrared sighting device, Raytheon said Wednesday. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems business, the integrated technology will work to […] More

Raytheon has updated and tested multiple technology platforms in a bid to help the U.S. Army prepare soldiers for battlefield operations. The company said Friday it aims to help the service branch increase warfighter readiness through the development of sensor, cyber, weapons and training platforms. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems business, said that […] More

The U.S. Army used a pair of Raytheon-developed anti-air missiles equipped with proximity fuzes to engage small unmanned airborne systems at a recent testing event. Raytheon said Thursday that the proximity fuzes added to the Stinger missiles helped eliminate targets which included an MQM-170C and another small UAS platform. Kim Ernzen, vice president of Raytheon’s land warfare systems products, said […] More

USS Jack H. Lucas, a Huntington Ingalls Industries-built guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy, started its combat system testing more than half a year after it was launched from the shipbuilder’s location in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The destroyer being integrated with AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar from a Raytheon Technologies business recorded Aegis system […] More

The U.S. Navy has test-fired an updated version of a Raytheon Technologies-made, GPS-guided cruise missile designed to produce less collateral damage when hitting targets. Two Tomahawk Block V missiles launched from the USS Chafee destroyer and hit test targets at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and on San Nicolas Island, the company said Thursday.

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Raytheon Technologies's missile and defense business has provided a new AN/SPY-6 radar array for integration onto the U.S. Navy's first Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer with the Flight III combat system configuration.

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Raytheon has finished drop testing of its StormBreaker tri-mode seeker weapon, which uses infrared, millimeter wave radar and semi-active laser guidance to attack targets.

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Raytheon has secured a $47.5M other transaction agreement to supply the U.S. Marine Corps with a missile system designed to engage sea and land targets at a long distance.

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Raytheon has completed over 1.7K wind tunnel tests of the extended-range variant of the ground-launched AMRAAM air-to-air missile built to intercept targets at longer ranges and higher altitudes. The company said Monday the completion of the tests marks a step in the qualification of the AMRAAM-ER missile for incorporation into the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System.
 

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Raytheon has secured a potential $21M contract from the U.S. Army to produce a new propulsion system for a radio frequency-guided weapon system intended to defend against armored and wheeled platforms. The company said Sunday it will incorporate propulsion modifications onto TOW missile variants such as the direct-attack 2A, Bunker Buster and top- and direct-attack 2B systems as […] More