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Steve Loving and David Callner, vice presidents at Riva Solutions, have been promoted to senior VPs of corporate operations and technology solutions, respectively. Aside from the promotions, Riva also announced the appointment of Randy Bloxsome, who holds more than 25 years of professional experience, as SVP of finance and accounting as part of company's leadership team expansion in response to major contract awards won in 2020, Riva said Wednesday.

A Raytheon Technologies-made sensor payload has passed a critical design review under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s program to demonstrate high-speed network technologies in a low-Earth orbit satellite constellation. The company said Thursday its intelligence and space business tested focal plane, cryocooler, telescope and electronic parts that made up the sensor payload intended for DARPA's Blackjack initiative.

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has handed over to the U.S. Air Force the 3,000th production unit of a GPS receiver built to help warfighters prevent jamming and interference while navigating the battlefield.

A KBR subsidiary is continuing integration activities for the U.S. Army’s Mobile Experimental High Energy Laser weapon at the company’s new facility in Huntsville, Alabama ahead of prototype deliveries scheduled for fiscal year 2022.

Raytheon Technologies and a joint venture between Boeing and SparkCognition have partnered to combine their respective air traffic controller technologies in an effort to support the Federal Aviation Administration and its international counterparts.

Ted Davies, chief executive officer of Altamira Technologies, a high-end engineering and analytics company focused on the national security market, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding how the company has continued its growth strategy by adding new leadership, integrating advanced technologies and winning contracts across the federal sector over the last year. 

Raytheon Technologies has adopted a new digital engineering technique to help Maxar Technologies build sensor-integrated imaging satellites scheduled to launch next year.

Michelle Lohmeier, strategic advisor to Spirit AeroSystems CEO, and Aisha Barry, vice president and general manager, patient monitoring category leader at Philips, have been named to the board of directors of Kaman.

Raytheon Technologies has partnered with the academe to develop a sensor that works to detect microwave radiation at heightened sensitivity levels.

Raytheon Technologies has developed an open-architecture data management system designed to integrate with disparate platforms used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army.

PAE has appointed Cristal Rice as the vice president of its Readiness & Sustainment group. Rice is an aerospace industry executive with that has deep experience in team leadership and business development. “Cristal has a demonstrated track record for leading high-performing teams and standing up new business development organizations,” said PAE president and CEO, and 2020 Wash100 Award recipient, John Heller. 

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has received a grant from NASA to develop and test a calibration system prototype as part of an effort to improve the quality of the agency’s land imaging data.

The U.S. Air Force has authorized a Raytheon Technologies-built “smart” weapon for fielding on Air Combat Command's F-15E Strike Eagle aircraft following a recent test at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The StormBreaker munition uses a multimode seeker technology with infrared, semi-active laser and millimeter wave radar guidance technologies that can work alongside GPS and inertial navigation systems to reach targets over 40 miles away from the aircraft, the company said Tuesday.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has conducted an on-ramp exercise with Raytheon Technologies to test the company’s battle management software with the U.S. Air Force’s command-and-control platform.

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has received a potential five-year, $251M award to further the development of the U.S. Space Force’s satellite data processing framework for missile-warning operations.