The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Missile Defense Agency completed a successful intercept flight test in cooperation with the U.S. Navy off the coast of Kauai in Hawaii. A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) SM-3® Block IB missile intercepted a ballistic missile target, marking the first time Japan has tested the sophisticated interceptor as …
Read More »Beam on – A wide range of counter-drone technologies comes of age
The drones are here to stay. Drones aid search-and-rescue efforts and capture that perfect aerial view of your beach vacation. They are simple to make, cheap to buy and available to almost anyone in the world. But drones can also present a serious risk to military forces. Because they’re readily …
Read More »Raytheon demos small x-band precision approach radar
FARNBOROUGH, England, July 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon Company’s (NYSE: RTN) Intelligence, Information and Services business demonstrated its Low-Power Radar’s ability to provide precision approach guidance to landing aircraft from 15 nautical miles, which is five more than the current capability, to military officials representing the U.S. Navy, Army and Air Force in Brooksville, Fla., June 26-28. …
Read More »US Navy selects Naval Strike Missile as new, over-the-horizon weapon
The U.S. Navy has selected the Naval Strike Missile, offered by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) and Kongsberg Gruppen, to meet its over-the-horizon requirement for littoral combat ships and future frigates. Raytheon will manufacture and deliver over-the-horizon weapon systems under a $14.8 million contract for offensive missiles loaded into launching mechanisms, and a single …
Read More »Protest over, Raytheon to begin work on $600m contract to sustain and modernize U.S. Army strategic software systems
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is beginning work on a contract to sustain and modernize missile defense and other strategic systems operated by the U.S. Army, combatant commands and other government agencies. The $600-million, three-year contract was first announced last June and a protest was withdrawn in February. Within the next …
Read More »MEET RAYTHEON’S J-SOW C, THE GULF REGION’S ANSWER FOR HARDENED LAND TARGETS
Reinforced cave complexes and other hardened targets have become a growing challenge in many battlespaces today, but those are exactly what Raytheon’s Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) has been engineered to defeat. The new JSOW C Block III is an advanced glide weapon with a range of more than 70 nautical …
Read More »3-D 360 Experience with electronic warfare
Experience a 360 3-D virtual reality of suppression of enemy air defenses mission from the perspective of an F-16 fighter pilot, employing airborne electronic attack and electronic self-protect, along with a full suite of Raytheon products.
Read More »Raytheon kill vehicle succeeds in first intercept of intercontinental ballistic missile
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — A Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) upgraded Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle, or EKV, a kinetic-force weapon that slams into its targets, destroyed an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time during a Missile Defense Agency test of the Ground-based Midcourse Defense system. …
Read More »U.S. Navy Awards Raytheon $28 Million for Variable Depth Sonar
The U.S. Navy has selected Raytheon Company on the 23rd of April to provide the new Variable Depth Sonar for the Littoral Combat Ship class. The $27.9 million contract followed a study and product assessment phase during which Raytheon proved the solution’s features and capabilities met all of the Navy’s …
Read More »Raytheon awarded contract to provide the State of Qatar with Early Warning Radar System
DOHA, Qatar Feb. 26, 2017 — Raytheon Co., Woburn, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $1,066,297,129 fixed-price, incentive-firm letter contract for a Qatar early warning radar system. Contractor will provide an early warning radar system that will be integrated into the Qatar integrated air and missile defense enterprise. Work will be …
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