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  • Army Certifies Soldiers to Use Raytheon Blimp Radar for Missile Defense; Dave Gulla Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Certifies Soldiers to Use Raytheon Blimp Radar for Missile Defense; Dave Gulla Comments

    The U.S. Army has certified soldiers to operate the Raytheon-built JLENS radar blimp in their mission to defend the Washington metropolitan region against missile and unmanned aerial vehicle threats. Raytheon also trained the Army’s A Battery, 3rd Air Defense Artillery on how to use JLENS’ hydraulic winch system and maintain the radar, the company said Thursday. “With this certification, the […] More

  • Raytheon Kicks Off Laser Guided Rocket Production for UAE; Darryl Kreitman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Kicks Off Laser Guided Rocket Production for UAE; Darryl Kreitman Comments

    Raytheon has started to build the TALON laser guided rocket for the United Arab Emirates under a $117 million contract it holds with Tawazun. The company will also provide logistics and training services for the integration of the TALON system into the UAE Armed Forces, Raytheon said Monday. “Full rate production of the TALON LGR is […] More

  • Research and Markets: Directed-Energy Weapons Market to Achieve 23.16% CAGR by 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Directed-Energy Weapons Market to Achieve 23.16% CAGR by 2018

    Research and Markets projects the global directed-energy weapons market to achieve a 23.16 percent compound annual growth rate through 2018 as defense budgets and research and development activity increase in certain countries. The market research firm says that research-and-development work will respond to growing demand for new military weapons designed to cause minimal collateral damage. BAE Systems, Boeing, Raytheon and Textron will be […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: ATC Equipment Sector's Value to Reach $5.5B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: ATC Equipment Sector’s Value to Reach $5.5B by 2020

    MarketsandMarkets has released a new report that projects the air traffic control equipment market to be worth approximately $5.5 billion in 2020. The report, which analyzes the market’s growth by geography and country between 2014 and 2020, indicates that the air traffic market will double in value over the next 15 years, MarketsandMarkets said Thursday. Airport construction projects […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Complete Tomahawk Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Complete Tomahawk Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy have evaluated new software upgrades to the Tomahawk weapon system in a series of flight tests. The Tomahawk Block IV engaged its target at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake weapons range after it launched from the USS Hampton submarine and redirected by a strike controller from a maritime command center, Raytheon said Wednesday. The […] More

  • John O'Brien: Raytheon-Built Small Diameter Bomb Hit Targets During Flight Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John O’Brien: Raytheon-Built Small Diameter Bomb Hit Targets During Flight Tests

    Raytheon Co. and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the Small Diameter Bomb II tri-mode seeker to target stationary and moving objects during three guided tests. The SDB II worked to identify wheeled and tracked targets using sensor data during the tests, Raytheon said Thursday. “These guided tests were successfully accomplished against separate targets in both moving and […] More

  • Raytheon, Navy Use Space Sensor System to Cue SM-3 Launch; Bill Hart Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Navy Use Space Sensor System to Cue SM-3 Launch; Bill Hart Comments

    Raytheon and the U.S. Navy has completed a capabilities test of the company’s Standard Missile-3 Block IA to evaluate the weapon’s work with a satellite sensor system to pinpoint and destroy a medium-range ballistic missile target. Mitch Stevison, Raytheon program director for SM-3, said Thursday that this test is the first time the Navy used cues from a space sensor system […] More

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  • Thomas Bussing: Raytheon AI3 Missile Built to Complement Army Ground Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Bussing: Raytheon AI3 Missile Built to Complement Army Ground Weapon System

    Raytheon and the U.S. Army have demonstrated the features of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative missile during a Black Dart military exercise, where the missile intercepted an unmanned aerial system and a cruise missile. The company said Thursday the AI3 missile features a “semi-active” seeker and radar system to detect targets and will be used to support the Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability Block […] More

  • Raytheon Hands Rolling Airframe Missile System to US Navy; Rick Nelson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Hands Rolling Airframe Missile System to US Navy; Rick Nelson Comments

    Raytheon has handed the initial batch of its Rolling Airframe Missile system to the U.S. Navy under the company’s low rate production contract with the service branch. The company worked to upgrade Block 2 variant’s kinematics, radio frequency receiver and control system, Raytheon said Wednesday. “Along with demonstrating a long-standing international partnership, the RAM program has […] More

  • Raytheon, Air Force Complete Anti-Radiation Missile Flight Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Air Force Complete Anti-Radiation Missile Flight Test

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have completed flight test of an anti-radiation missile designed to help reduce fratricide risks. The updated High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile was fired from an F-16 aircraft to target an emitter outside an exclusion zone that also contained another radiating emitter, Raytheon said Friday. The HARM control section modification engaged the right emitter by […] More

  • Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: APAC, Middle East to Lead Global Ammo Market by 2020

    A new Research and Markets report forecasts a 4.2 percent compound annual growth rate for the global ammunition market by 2020 due to modernization programs and ongoing conflicts in some parts of the world. The market research firm said Tuesday that ATK, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, Nammo and Raytheon could lead the market as it shifts focus from the west to Asia-Pacific and the Middle […] More

  • Navy Fires Raytheon's SM-6 Missile in 'Juliet' Test; Michael Ladner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Fires Raytheon’s SM-6 Missile in ‘Juliet’ Test; Michael Ladner Comments

    Raytheon‘s Standard Missile-6 has completed a flight test held by the U.S. Navy, which sought to demonstrate how the surface-to-air missile works to detect and intercept a subsonic target at low altitude. The Navy said Friday the so-called “Juliet” test was part of a series of follow-on test and evaluation events to assess the operational performance of SM-6. Capt. Michael Ladner, a […] More

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