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Raytheon Announces Investment in Hypersonic Aircraft Startup Hermeus; Daniel Ateya Quoted

Raytheon Technologies has invested in hypersonic aircraft developer Hermeus through its newly created venture capital group. The investment from RTX Ventures will enable Hermeus to advance the development of its first hypersonic aircraft, Quarterhorse, and second platform, dubbed Darkhorse, Raytheon said Thursday. “Hermeus’ technical approach and business plan balances near-term defense applications with long-term commercial […] More

by Jane Edwards May 13, 2022, 11:54 am
in Contract Awards, News

BAE’s Australian Arm Gets ESSM Block 2 Missile Sub-Assemblies Delivery Contract From Raytheon

BAE Systems’ Australian subsidiary will supply critical software and hardware sub-assemblies in support of the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 program under a three-year, $50 million full-rate production contract with Raytheon Technologies’ missiles and defense business. ESSM is a surface-to-air missile designed to protect combat ships from anti-ship cruise missiles, BAE said Wednesday. BAE Systems […] More

by Jane Edwards May 12, 2022, 12:01 pm
in News

Raytheon, Marine Corps Test AESA Radar on Hornet Aircraft

The U.S. Marine Corps has tested a Raytheon Technologies-built airborne radar system on the F/A-19 Hornet aircraft at the Naval Air Weapons Station in California. The flight test comes a year after Raytheon’s intelligence and space division delivered the first APG-79(V)4 active electronically scanned array radar prototype to the military service to help pilots detect […] More

by Naomi Cooper May 11, 2022, 11:55 am
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Raytheon, Rafael & USMC Test Fire Cruise Missile Interceptor

A Raytheon Technologies business and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have demonstrated a cruise missile interceptor’s capability to integrate with the U.S. Marine Corps’ radar, command and control technology and weapon system components. Raytheon Missiles and Defense said Friday the Medium Range Interceptor Capability underwent a live fire test to showcase its ability to […] More

by Christine Thropp May 9, 2022, 11:54 am
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DOD, LIFT Announce Selection of Raytheon for Hypersonics Challenge Project

The Department of Defense and its Detroit-based manufacturing innovation institute LIFT have awarded a Hypersonics Challenge project to Raytheon Technologies. Raytheon will study how modeling and simulation could help accelerate the development of high-temperature materials for hypersonic systems, LIFT said Wednesday. Andreas Roelofs, vice president of research at Raytheon and director of the Raytheon Technologies […] More

by Jane Edwards May 5, 2022, 11:50 am
in Contract Awards, News

Collins Aerospace Books Navy Low-Rate Production Order for Air Combat Training System

Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies subsidiary, will deliver open architecture air combat training equipment to the U.S. Navy as part of the second low-rate production order worth $24 million. The recent award for Tactical Combat Training System – Increment II provides for airborne and ground subsystems as well as fielding requirement support at Navy training […] More

by Christine Thropp May 3, 2022, 11:56 am
in News

Raytheon Busines Invests in Hybrid Rocket Engine Maker Firehawk Aerospace

A subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies has invested in Firehawk Aerospace through a Series A funding round to support the start up’s development of custom-made hybrid rocket engines. Raytheon Missiles and Defense will collaborate with Firehawk to research the feasibility of integrating the latter’s hybrid propulsion engine technology into future missile systems, the defense contractor said […] More

by Naomi Cooper April 29, 2022, 11:42 am
in Executive Moves, News

Space Foundation Names 5 New Board Members, Adds 2 Company Representatives

Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, and four other executives and officials were tapped to join the board of directors of Space Foundation. The 2022 Wash100 Award recipient as well as John Hyten, former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Jeff Ashby, former NASA astronaut; Pascale Ehrenfreund, president of […] More

by Angeline Leishman April 21, 2022, 11:48 am
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Raytheon Taps CAES to Supply SPY-6 Radar Line Replaceable Units; Mike Kahn Quoted

Raytheon Technologies has selected CAES to provide line replaceable units for the U.S. Navy’s AN/SPY-6 radar system. CAES said Tuesday the hardware production and sustainment award from Raytheon’s missiles and defense business came after it completed the low-rate initial production phase as part of the Navy’s Air & Missile Defense Radar program. “The HP&S award […] More

by Jane Edwards April 21, 2022, 11:46 am
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Lockheed, DOD in Talks Over Weapons Production in Support of Ukraine

Lockheed Martin said it is in discussions with the Department of Defense about ramping up the production of weapons meant for Ukraine as the Eastern European country fights Russian invasion, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Jim Taiclet, CEO of Lockheed and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, and other chief executives from major defense contractors […] More

by Jane Edwards April 20, 2022, 11:45 am
in News, Space

Shift to Hybrid Architectures Drives Industry Investment in Small Satellite Production Facilities

Space companies are investing in facilities to expand their capacity to produce small satellites to meet the increasing demand among government and commercial customers for hybrid space architectures that feature more small spacecraft operating in multiple orbits, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “What we’ve seen is, I think, a realization and a recognition that the future is […] More

by Jane Edwards April 13, 2022, 11:53 am
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Collins Aerospace to Equip Army With Secure Data Transfer Tech

The U.S. Army has selected Raytheon Technologies‘ Collins Aerospace business to manufacture a small form factor platform capable of enabling secure, real-time data transfers between platforms from different domains. The company said Sunday it will deliver to Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office a cross-domain technology meant to disseminate data across different classification levels. […] More

by Nichols Martin April 4, 2022, 11:54 am

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