Frank Kendall, secretary of the U.S. Air Force, received an update on the maintenance and modernization of the Pratt & Whitney-made F135 engines at the Tinker Air Force Base’s Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex. The Raytheon Technologies-owned engine manufacturer works with the OC-ALC leadership team to develop a framework for providing maintenance work on the […] More

RTX Ventures, the corporate venture capital unit of Raytheon Technologies, has agreed to invest in VerdeGo Aero and lead a Series A funding round for the propulsion technology startup. Florida-based VerdeGo Aero aims to raise $12 million in the venture round to build up its powertrain systems portfolio, which includes a 185 kilowatt generator designed […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space unit has invested in Canada-based Gastops to support the latter’s research and development collaboration with Pratt & Whitney, which is also a Raytheon business. Gastops said Thursday it expects the investment, which was awarded through Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits program, to support the development of products envisioned to provide […] More

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce that Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin, has been named a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient for his leadership to drive company growth through significant contract awards and acquisitions as well as advancing IT modernization efforts, including 5G capabilities and other areas of commercial technology. This marks […] More

The defense industry is a big global market, generating multi-billion contracts from the federal sector, foreign governments, and international customers. As the United States government is the single largest customer of goods and services, American companies top the list of the largest defense contractors in the world, supplying industry-leading weapons, electronic systems, and data analytics. […] More

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said that Northrop Grumman is manufacturing five test articles of the branch’s Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft at a government-owned contractor-operated factory in Palmdale, California, The Drive reported Monday. He mentioned the ongoing efforts at Air Force Plant 42 to build B-21 Raider planes in his speech Monday at […] More

The U.S. Air Force has unveiled an updated artist’s rendition of the B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber aircraft being developed by a Northrop Grumman-led industry team. The graphic image showcases a B-21 plane taking off from Edwards AF Base in California, where the bomber’s flight and ground tests will take place, the military service said Tuesday. […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ research center and two of the company’s business units are exploring approaches to better manage heat loads for aircraft engines as the U.S. military works to define next-generation fighter requirements. Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney partnered in an effort to develop power and thermal management systems that may have potential applications to […] More

Leonardo handed over the first TH-73A helicopter to the U.S. Navy for training the branch’s tiltrotor and rotary-wing aviators, as part of a $171 million initial aircraft production contract awarded in January 2020. The Advanced Helicopter Training System, which is derived from the AgustaWestland AW119 Koala, will replace the TH-57B/C Sea Ranger used by military […] More

Textron's aviation business has received a contract from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection to manufacture two additional multirole enforcement aircraft that would support agency efforts to secure the country's borders.

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The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon Technologies a $49.2 million contract modification to provide F135 turbofan engines to support testing of an F-35 Lightning II aircraft iteration for the Department of Defense and non-DOD participants.

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Kevin Martin, chief information officer at Cadence Aerospace, has been appointed to serve in an additional role as CEO of the engines systems business starting Jan. 1, 2021.

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