A Raytheon Technologies business has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to commence Phase 3 activities under the Blackjack program and supply an additional set of satellites.

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business will award a combined amount of $400,000 to academic partners for artificial intelligence development initiatives that will focus on augmenting military defense systems and continue through 2022. Southern Methodist University and Virginia Tech will receive $175,000 and $225,000, respectively, to develop AI and machine learning technologies applicable to military operations, Raytheon said Tuesday.

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business will help the U.S. Space Force study a new ground segment system as the service branch seeks to update its fleet of high-frequency satellites.

Raytheon Technologies has secured a potential four-year, $13.2 million contract to help the U.S. Navy develop technology to improve the aerodynamics of aircraft engine fans.

MetTel has partnered with Raytheon Technologies and Fort Lauderdale-based threat intelligence company Cybraics for a development program to establish cybersecurity approaches built on artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analytics.

The Office of Naval Research has received an experimental phased-array radar system designed by Raytheon Technologies' missile and defense business to carry out electronic warfare, communications and surveillance missions.

A test group from the U.S. Air Force has been working on a new directed energy weapon developed by Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business to deter enemy unmanned aircraft systems. The 704th Test Group started testing the High Energy Laser Weapon System 2 or H2 under an experimentation program that began in spring 2020, USAF said Wednesday.

Raytheon Technologies has won a one-year, $7.6 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a platform for testing airspace management tools, planning algorithms and airborne sensors.

Raytheon Technologies has started installing an air and missile defense radar system into an Aegis Flight III guided-missile destroyer in preparation for the future USS Jack H. Lucas' planned delivery to the U.S. Navy in fiscal year 2023.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $49.2 million contract modification to provide F135 turbofan engines to support testing of an F-35 Lightning II aircraft iteration for the Department of Defense and non-DOD participants.

Raytheon Technologies has partnered with Canadian jet manufacturer Bombardier to develop an aircraft concept for multiple intelligence and airborne data gathering to support applications such as humanitarian aid, disaster monitoring, missile defense and border security.

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is applying a DevSecOps approach in efforts to speed up software development and enhancement processes. “The threat model is changing. Spend more time on the software and the threats, and you can react more quickly," said David Appel, vice president of defense and civil solutions at Raytheon Intelligence & Space.

Raytheon Technologies used digital engineering methods to accelerate the development of the U.S. Air Force's next fighter jet that would succeed F-35 and F-22 aircraft. The company said Jan. 22 its intelligence and space business allowed the aircraft – currently still concealed from the public – to perform a maiden flight with the help of digital engineering. USAF announced the maiden flight's completion in September 2020.

Raytheon Technologies is developing receivers planned to provide an alternative navigation system to GPS that integrates sensors and signals through concepts such as machine learning.

The Japanese coast guard has tested maritime surveillance tools developed by Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business aboard SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft of General Atomics' aeronautical systems segment.