Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services unit showcased the features of its Low-Power Radar to U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force officials during a demonstration held in Brooksville, Fla. from June 26 to 28. The LPR, scheduled for initial production in 2019, is a small multi-mission, x-band radar capable of approach landings, aviation surveillance, weather […] More

The U.S. Marine Corps sampled a Raytheon-built approach and landing guidance system for the deployment of fighter jets from an amphibious assault ship in the Pacific. The service branch guided its F-35B Lightning II aircraft onto the USS Wasp through the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System of Raytheon’s intelligence, information and services business, the company […] More

Raytheon provided a common ground system and a space sensor technology to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s next-generation polar satellite that NASA launched Saturday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The company said Saturday its common ground system for the Joint Polar Satellite System and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor will function […] More

Raytheon has updated the data transport and processing component of the Joint Polar Satellite System‘s common ground system. The company said Wednesday the update is intended to optimize data processing and dissemination as well as system availability and cybersecurity of CGS ahead of the upcoming JPSS-1 launch and future satellite missions. JPSS satellites work to provide weather and environmental data to […] More

Raytheon has conducted factory acceptance tests on a flight operations system for NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope. The tests occurred at Raytheon’s Aurora, Colorado-based facility and aimed to verify 800 requirements on JWST’s ground control system, the company said Wednesday. Raytheon built the space observatory’s ground control system on the campus of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, under a contract […] More

Raytheon has completed the installation of the Launch and Checkout System hardware on the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System as part of efforts to modernize GPS capabilities in the U.S. The company said Wednesday it performed hardware installation at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado, which will house the future GPS OCX Master Control Station. Matt Gilligan, vice president of navigation […] More