Collins Aerospace, an RTX subsidiary, has begun the production of a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory initiative. RTX said Tuesday the electric power generation system moved into the manufacturing phase after the company concluded engineering work and completed the detailed design […] More

Collins Aerospace, an RTX subsidiary, has begun the production of a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms as part of an Air Force Research Laboratory initiative. The electric power generation system moved into the manufacturing phase after the company concluded engineering work and completed the detailed design review phase of the program. More

Ball Aerospace has concluded the testing of the first space vehicle for Space Systems Command’s next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The company said Thursday the Weather System Follow–on–Microwave satellite is scheduled for launch in early 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will provide the Department of Defense with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. […] More

Ball Aerospace has concluded the testing of the first space vehicle for Space Systems Command's next-generation operational environmental satellite system. The Weather System Follow–on–Microwave satellite is scheduled for launch in early 2024 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California and will provide the Department of Defense with space-based environmental monitoring capabilities. More

A space-based instrument Ball Aerospace manufactured for NASA has begun transmitting images meant to support air pollution research in North America. Ball said Thursday the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution system recently completed its first solar calibration scan mission, capturing major air pollutants like ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and formaldehyde. The Maxar Technologies-built commercial Intelsat IS-40e […] More

Collins Aerospace has received a $24.9 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing System Gen II units through Feb. 16, 2026. The RTX company’s work locations and funding will be based on each order under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. Army Contracting Command, which serves as […] More

The U.S. Army awarded Collins Aerospace, an RTX company, a $24 million contract to supply electric generators for the Abrams M1A2 Main Battle Tank. RTX said Friday that the project will involve manufacturing and delivering the generators and containers to the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama. Collins’ generator works to provide 50 percent more power […] More

RTX’s Collins Aerospace business demonstrated the capability of its artificial intelligence-based communications systems, gateway technology and cross-domain platform to link coalition partners to a data network during the second round of a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command multinational exercise at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. “Our automated communications powered by AI securely provided mission data to […] More

The National Center of Atmospheric Research has tapped Ball Aerospace to design a radio frequency front end system under a program aimed at developing next-generation weather data gathering tool. NCAR’s Airborne Phased Array Radar is meant to boost capability for high-impact weather event data capture to enhance forecasting models, the company said Monday. Both parties […] More

RTX‘s Collins Aerospace business deployed a networking gateway for military participants at a U.S. Indo-Pacific Command-led multiservice training exercise to transmit and synchronize data. The company, formerly called Raytheon Technologies, said Monday the gateway is part of a technology suite designed to support Joint All Domain Command and Control efforts and was showcased in the first […] More

Collins Aerospace, a subsidiary of RTX (formerly Raytheon Technologies), has secured a contract to help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop a 1-megawatt electric generator to power future manned and unmanned military platforms. The electric power generation system is being built as part of the AFRL’s Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability program that seeks […] More

A Griffon Aerospace unmanned aerial system equipped with a computing device from Parry Labs has flown at a Huntsville, Alabama, private airfield. The recent flight of Valiant, Griffon’s tactical UAS offering for the U.S. Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System competition, included the Edge Compute Micro technology, Parry Labs said Monday. EC Micro is powered […] More