L3Harris Technologies subsidiary Aerojet Rocketdyne has secured a contract to manufacture launch and flight motors for FIM-92 Stinger missiles to help RTX business Raytheon replenish the U.S. Army’s inventory of the anti-aircraft missiles. The replenishment contract awarded to Aerojet marks the first time in nearly two decades the company will manufacture new missiles for the U.S. military, L3Harris said Thursday.

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Raytheon Technologies' missiles and defense business test-fired a Block I Stinger missile using a Javelin lightweight command launch unit at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida to evaluate the combined system's capacity to destroy ground and airborne targets. A drone target was engaged with the Stinger missile during the demonstration.

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The U.S. Army has begun to integrate promixity fuzes into Raytheon-built air defense systems for use in counter-drone missions. Raytheon said Wednesday its updated Stinger missile technology will work to help soldiers counter unmanned aircraft systems and other potential threats on the battlefield.

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Engility has joined a Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies-led industry team that will support operations at NASA‘s Houston-based human spaceflight hub under a potential eight-year, $1.12 billion contract. The Mission Systems Operations Contract covers administrative, technical and managerial services for the NASA Flight Operations Directorate’s systems that support multiple spaceflight programs, Engility said Tuesday. Those programs encompass the International Space Station, Orion, Space Launch […] 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

India has placed an order for 245 Raytheon-built Stinger air-to-air missiles, launchers and related engineering support services through the Defense Department‘s foreign military sales program. Raytheon said Wednesday the Indian military expects to receive the Stingers as part of a potential $3.1 billion FMS agreement forged between the governments of India and the U.S. The deal […] More

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. has been awarded a $76.8 million contract modification to continue developing instruments and software systems for NASA’s space mission program. The Greenbelt, Maryland-based company will extend work to build technologies for data collection, data analysis and scientific result presentations under the Geophysics, Geodynamics and Space Geodesy Support Services program, NASA said […] More

NASA has awarded a potential $145 million contract extension to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies for continued support of the agency’s engineering work on hardware and software for spaceflights and ground systems. The Mechanical Systems Engineering Services II/A Bridge contract extension includes $110 million in base funds and a $35 million option that covers four months of work. SGT […] More

Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies will provide NASA‘s Intelligent Systems division with research and development services under a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract worth up to $300 million. Greenbelt, Md.-based SGT will also support the NASA division’s technology infusion on missions as part of the contract, which begins April 1, the agency said Wednesday. The R&D work will be performed at NASA’s Ames Research […] More

An RTX business has booked a $154 million U.S. Army contract to provide Commander’s Independent Viewer systems. Raytheon’s delivery of these electro-optical/infrared sight systems is intended to elevate the service branch’s Bradley Fighting Vehicles, RTX announced from McKinney, Texas on Wednesday. “The CIV is a package of multiple systems all working together to increase the survivability and battlefield […] More

Northrop Grumman has showcased at the U.S. Army’s Project Convergence 2022 a range of systems designed to deliver multidomain detection, tracking and engagement capabilities to the U.S. military. The company said Thursday it conducted three experiments to demonstrate the integration of network-connected air defense systems into multi-service operations in support of the Department of Defense’s […] More

Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared the defense company’s goal of increasing its annual manufacturing capacity for Javelin missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 to meet U.S. and ally requirements. In an interview with CBS News, Taiclet said boosting production to its target numbers will take […] More