Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business has received an award from the U.S. Air Force to enhance two Air Traffic Navigation, Integration and Coordination Systems, which currently have a primary surveillance radar range of 25 nautical miles. Under the lightweight deployable-ground controlled approach contract, Raytheon Intelligence and Space will extend the PSR range of ATNAVICS […] More

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business will build, integrate and demonstrate prototype sensors for the U.S. Army’s High-Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System under a contract awarded through an other transaction agreement with Consortium Management Group. HADES is the service’s next-generation aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform and the award is for the initial phase of […] More

Sandy Brown, a vice president at Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business, said the company aims to help the U.S. Space Force revolutionize mission management and data processing of Global Positioning System III Follow-On satellites by updating the ground control segment for the GPS constellation. She told Breaking Defense that the Next Generation Operational Control […] More

The infrared sensor payload design made by Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has concluded its critical design review as part of a prototyping effort in support of the future missile warning satellite constellation of the U.S. Space Force. The CDR completion allows Raytheon, one of the two companies tapped to create digital sensor models, […] More

Raytheon Technologies and Boeing‘s Millennium Space Systems subsidiary will use digital engineering techniques to develop digital models of infrared sensors for the U.S. Space Force’s future missile warning satellite constellation, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. The companies will utilize digital engineering to test and validate whether the missile tracking satellites can operate in medium-Earth orbit under two […] More

Raytheon Technologies has applied a digital engineering approach to help the U.S. Space Force design a ground system for processing and analyzing military satellite data. The company said its intelligence and space business developed virtual models using a digital thread to understand small design changes as the team worked on the Future Operationally Resilient Ground […] More

Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business has demonstrated the capability of the new expeditionary configuration of a system designed to guide U.S. Marine Corps pilots in landing aircraft on carriers and ships during all weather conditions. The expeditionary Joint Precision Approach and Landing System projected straight-in and vertical landing approaches for F-35B aircraft during a […] More

Two aircraft carriers deployed by British and Italian naval forces now use a GPS precision landing system made by the intelligence and space business of Raytheon Technologies to support their F-35 fighter jet operations. The company said Tuesday its Joint Precision Approach and Landing System has been installed on the U.K. Royal Navy’s HMS Queen […] More

Raytheon Technologies’ intelligence and space business is integrating the gallium nitride active electronically scanned array radar as a tech upgrade to F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft to enable fourth-generation fighter jets to keep up with new platforms. “For the U.S. armed forces and allies alike, upgrading to AESA GaN radars helps them […] More

Frederick Stefany, the acting assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition, has declared a Raytheon Technologies-made mid-band jamming pod ready for low-rate initial production. The Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band program has achieved Milestone C, which allows the system to undergo production and deployment, Naval Air Systems Command said Tuesday. NGJ-MB will use […] More

An industry team led by Raytheon Technologies will support a U.S. Army program that seeks to build a tactical ground station to help detect and monitor threats for long-range precision targeting operations. The Raytheon-led team for the service’s Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node program includes Algorithmia, C3.ai, Collins Aerospace, Curtiss-Wright’s defense solution division, Esri, General […] More

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