NASA has recognized a team at Raytheon Technologies with the Group Achievement Award for its help in the development of James Webb Space Telescope’s flight operations subsystem. The ground control software is built by Raytheon’s intelligence and space business to provide command and control of the observatory and support telemetry analysis, observation plan management, ground […] More

Raytheon Technologies has secured a four-year, $87.5 million contract to engineer a long-range surveillance radar system installed at the U.S. Navy’s Forces Surveillance Support Center in Chesapeake, Virginia. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract covers engineering and program support for the Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar starting in August, the Department of Defense said Monday. DOD noted the company will […] More

Raytheon Technologies will now build an operational architecture for the U.S. Air Force after demonstrating a network designed to enable warfighters to accelerate the decision-making process on the battlefield by facilitating tactical data sharing across disparate networks. The Common Tactical Edge Network developed by Raytheon subsidiary Collins Aerospace could help advance the Joint All Domain […] More

A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary has unveiled its latest tactical free-space optical communication technology designed to enable secure data connectivity in contested environments. NexGen Optix from Raytheon Blackbird Technologies is an ultra-low size, weight and power-cost optical transceiver system that uses a nonradio frequency approach to transferring data over longer distances, the company said Wednesday. The […] More

Blue Canyon Technologies has been selected to design and produce three small satellites for a NASA program aimed at assessing the behavior of tropical storms and thunderstorms and how they affect climate and weather models.  The Raytheon Technologies subsidiary will equip the microsatellites with a dynamic microwave radiometer and dynamic atmospheric radar to measure Earth’s […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ research and development arm has partnered with software company SpiderOak to develop a technology offering meant to secure low Earth-orbit satellite communications. The partnership will embark on a project to build and integrate a flight-ready satcom security platform with space-based hardware, Raytheon said Tuesday. SpiderOak plans to combine its OrbitSecure cybersecurity software with […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to induct Stephen duMont, president of GM Defense, into the 2023 edition of the Wash100 Award for leading company growth efforts through new business establishment and industry and defense collaborations. The award is the first time duMont was named among the Wash100 recipients, who are elite public and private sector individuals […] More

Strangeworks, an Austin, Texas-based software company focused on quantum computing, has closed a round of Series A financing led by Hitachi Ventures and will use the investment to support efforts to offer quantum-inspired technologies, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence and other tech platforms. IBM and Raytheon Technologies participated in the Series A round, which raised $24 […] More

Raytheon Technologies was tapped by the U.S. Navy to integrate hardware and software for the relocatable over-the-horizon radar, which is used in long-range detection of narcotics being smuggled into the country. The company said Monday it will help improve maritime enhancements to the radar as the project’s lead systems integrator. Raytheon manufactured the ROTHR for […] More

Neural Propulsion System received a strategic investment from Raytheon Technologies‘ venture capital arm RTX Ventures via a series B funding.  Through the investment, Neural Propulsion Systems will develop a radar technology equipped with enhanced resolution and longer range for mobile and defense applications, the artificial intelligence company said Thursday. The amount of the investment was […] More

Raytheon Missiles & Defense has agreed to move into the new UA Tech Park at the Bridges, leasing around 14,000 square feet of office space near the University of Arizona.  The Raytheon Technologies unit is relocating to The Refinery building, one of the first multi-tenant buildings at the 65-acre research park, UA Tech Park manager […] More

Raytheon Technologies reported $67.1 billion in revenue for its full 2022 fiscal year, a 4 percent increase over fiscal 2021 figures. The Arlington, Virginia-based company said Tuesday defense programs accounted for $69 billion of its $175 billion total backlog as of Dec. 31 and commercial aerospace work accounted for the remaining $106 billion. Sales grew […] More