TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 24, 2021 — Blue Canyon Technologies, a subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies, has promoted Stephen Steg to the role of CEO of the small satellite and mission services provider, replacing George Stafford, GovCon Wire reported June 9. “His expertise in the business of small-satellite systems and technologies will be invaluable to the […] More

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary was awarded a five-year, $495 million contract to provide logistics and repair services for all U.S. Marine Corps ground equipment. The contract requires Raytheon Intelligence and Space to deliver over 10,000 repaired parts annually to sustain the Marines’ combat and tactical ground equipment, including armored vehicles, ground radars and communications systems, […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business is advancing an approach that uses 5G connectivity to enable warfighters to gain access to data derived from sensors and other systems and accelerate the decision-making process. “Being able to operate secure applications on 5G gives everyone up and down the command chain the ability to see the same […] More

Executives at Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business have discussed how moving from vendor lock and closed systems to an open-systems architecture could help the U.S. military address challenges associated with processing signals intelligence data. Raytheon Intelligence and Space officials believe an open-systems architecture could enable a data-centric model that is vital to modernizing the […] More

The National Security Agency granted a certification to X-Net, a data communications system designed by a Raytheon Technologies business to support secure data link operations of airborne-launched munitions and other weapon systems. Raytheon Intelligence and Space’s X-Net system, through the Type 1 certification, is now recognized as a Crypto High Value Product that enables data […] More

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has teamed up with CAES to develop a connectivity platform for U.S. Air Force aircraft to access commercial satellite internet services. CAES said Monday it will build a radio frequency signal converter for integration into a phased array antenna Raytheon is developing to support the Air Force Research Laboratory-led Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program.

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A Raytheon Technologies business will update the baseline Block 1 of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System under a contract with the U.S. Space Force to facilitate the operation of GPS III Follow-On satellites. “The ground control upgrade will provide enhanced signal reliability, accuracy, integrity, advanced jam-resistant signals and effects-based operations,” said Sandy Brown, vice president of strategic systems at Raytheon Intelligence and Space.

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Jim Garrettson, CEO of Executive Mosaic and founder of the Wash100 Award, presented the second consecutive Wash100 Award to Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) for Raytheon Technologies, during a 4x24 membership dinner hosted by Executive Mosaic. Visit Wash100.com to cast your ten votes to ensure they are included in time for your favorite executives before the clock strikes midnight. 

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The U.S. Marines Corps has received a Raytheon Technologies-made prototype radar that the service branch plans to use for early flight testing with its F-18 Hornet aircraft. The company said Thursday it delivered a prototype of the APG-79(V)4 radar, a scaled variant of the APG-79 active electronically scanned array designed for detecting and tracking enemy aircraft more accurately than the older APG-73 technology.

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has awarded a $45 million contract to Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business to design and establish the Earth Prediction Innovation Center that will facilitate collaboration among government, academia and industry stakeholders to come up with an Earth modeling system to improve weather forecasting.

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A Raytheon Technologies business is developing a next generation decoy technology to provide F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft with added protection against enemy missiles. Raytheon Intelligence and Space has designed the Dual-Band Decoy to attract hostile missiles by sending out signals that cover a wider range of bands in the electromagnetic spectrum, the company said Wednesday.

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Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is investing in the development of new capabilities - Advanced Technology Land Imaging Spectroradiometer and Improved Radiometric Calibration of Land Imaging Systems - that could help reduce the size and mass of future Earth observation satellites and improve the quality of land imaging data.

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