Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, was awarded a $20 million contract for low-rate production of the Maritime Strike Tomahawk® cruise missile Block Va, which includes navigation and communication upgrades in addition to an advanced multi-mode seeker for engaging moving targets at sea. “This award is a significant and …
Read More »Raytheon UK to bring counter-drone high-energy laser technology to UK Ministry of Defence
London, Sept. 15, 2021 – Raytheon UK has been awarded a demonstrator contract to provide a High-Energy Laser Weapon System, or HELWS, to the UK Ministry of Defence. Raytheon UK will deliver the MOD’s high-energy laser demonstrator to show the application of directed energy weapons technology to help protect the …
Read More »Collins Aerospace to Acquire Flightaware
Collins Aerospace, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held FlightAware, a leading digital aviation company providing global flight tracking solutions, predictive technology, analytics and decision-making tools. Closure of the acquisition is subject to the completion of customary conditions and regulatory approvals. Following …
Read More »Raytheon Intelligence & Space to begin Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band production
Raytheon Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), has been awarded a $171.6 million contract for Low-Rate Initial Production Lot I, or LRIP I, of the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band. The award advances the program from the development stage into production and deployment. NGJ-MB is the Navy’s advanced …
Read More »Raytheon to develop Long Range Standoff nuclear missiles in $2B contract
The Pentagon this week awarded Raytheon a contract worth up to $2 billion to develop a new nuclear cruise missile. The contract, announced Thursday, calls for development of the new missiles through 2027, when a first flight could occur and a decision about production may be made. The series of …
Read More »Raytheon Wins Qatar’s Early Warning Radar Deal
Raytheon has won a contract valued $78 million to support Qatar’s Early Warning Radars. This contract modification is for contractor logistic support for the Qatar Early Warning Radar for a period of five years. Raytheon had won a $1.06 billion deal to provide an early warning radar (EWR) to Doha …
Read More »A new era for the Tomahawk missile
The Tomahawk cruise missile has been the U.S. go-to precision weapon for long-distance strikes. It launches from ships and submarines. It can fly into heavily defended airspace 1,000 miles away. It hits high-value targets with minimal collateral damage. And it just keeps getting better. The U.S. Navy is recertifying and modernizing the …
Read More »Raytheon: Defense at the speed of light
Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s high-energy laser systems use photons, or particles of light, to carry out military missions and civil defense. This directed energy technology enables detection of threats, tracking during maneuvers, and positive visual identification to defeat a wide range of threats, including Unmanned Aerial Systems, rockets, artillery and …
Read More »Missile Defense Agency completes unprecedented homeland defense test
As part of a historic Missile Defense Agency demonstration and for the first time ever, an intercontinental ballistic missile target was intercepted and destroyed outside Earth’s atmosphere by an advanced SM-3® Block IIA ballistic missile defense interceptor made by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies (NYSE:RTX) business. The interceptor was …
Read More »Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s StormBreaker® smart weapon approved for fielding on the F-15 Eagle
Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), today announced the StormBreaker® smart weapon has been approved for use on the F-15E by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Combat Command. The fielding decision means that F-15E squadrons can now be equipped with StormBreaker and deployed for missions. “StormBreaker …
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