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  • Raytheon Completes Sonar Platform Delivery to DARPA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Completes Sonar Platform Delivery to DARPA

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has received a Raytheon-built sonar system for integration with the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Raytheon said Wednesday it handed the Modular Scalable Sonar System to DARPA as part of a subcontract it won from Leidos. MS3 is an open architecture-based platform designed to perform torpedo warning, search-and-tracking and small-object […] More

  • NAVAIR Orders Airborne Dipping Sonars from Raytheon-Thales Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Orders Airborne Dipping Sonars from Raytheon-Thales Team

    A Raytheon–Thales alliance has received a $65.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the team will supply 20 AN/AQS-22s to the U.S. Navy and another two systems to the Saudi Arabian military. The system consists of […] More

  • Raytheon UK to Open New HQ, Defense Tech CoE; Richard Daniel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon UK to Open New HQ, Defense Tech CoE; Richard Daniel Comments

    Raytheon‘s U.K. business has announced it will invest about $38 million to build a new headquarters and a technology center of excellence in Essex, England, as part of efforts to grow the company’s British market presence. Raytheon said Friday its British arm will move into a 55,000-square-foot office space at Harlow Kao Park Enterprise Zone, which is scheduled for occupancy […] More

  • Raytheon Concludes Navy Jammer Design Review; Daniel Theisen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Concludes Navy Jammer Design Review; Daniel Theisen Comments

    Raytheon will move to design work on a new airborne electronic attack system after the company and U.S. Navy completed the jammer program’s design review phase. The Navy intends for the jammer system to replace the ALQ-99 jamming pods on board the EA-18G Growler from 2021 onward, Raytheon said Friday. Daniel Theisen, director of airborne electronic attack programs […] More

  • Raytheon, Kongsberg Wrap Up F-35A Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, Kongsberg Wrap Up F-35A Missile Flight Tests; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Raytheon and Norwegian defense contractor Kongsberg Gruppen have completed a series of flight tests of a missile system designed for integration with Lockheed Martin‘s F-35A fighter jets. An F-16 aircraft was used to launch the Joint Strike Missile at an altitude of 22,000 feet over the training and test range in Utah, Kongsberg said Tuesday. Mike […] More

  • Raytheon-AEC Alliance to Develop Weapon Systems, Integrated Sensors; John Harris Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-AEC Alliance to Develop Weapon Systems, Integrated Sensors; John Harris Comments

    Raytheon has partnered with Advanced Electronics Co. to expand their collaboration on new platforms for civil and defense markets. The companies will also build new weapons systems, cyber platforms, land warfare tools, civil aviation systems and integrated sensors under the agreement signed at the Dubai Air Show in the United Arab Emirates, Raytheon said Monday. […] More

  • Raytheon to Update Army Patriot Defense System; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Update Army Patriot Defense System; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon has received an $86.2 million contract modification to update the Patriot integrated air and missile defense system designed for the U.S. Army. Raytheon will produce kits to complete the upgrade process for the Army’s Patriot systems that began in 2013, the company said Monday. The Patriot system is designed to detect and identify targets. “When […] More

  • Raytheon Wraps Up Flight Tests of DARPA’s Close Air Support Tool; Tom Bussing Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Wraps Up Flight Tests of DARPA’s Close Air Support Tool; Tom Bussing Comments

    Raytheon has concluded a series of flight tests of a close air support platform with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company demonstrated DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support system on both A-10C Thunderbolt II and MV-22 Osprey aircraft, Raytheon said Sunday. Flight tests took place over three phases as part of an 18-month, $25.5 million contract the company received from DARPA […] More

  • Raytheon Receives Clearance for FAB-T Low-Rate Initial Production; Scott Whatmough Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Receives Clearance for FAB-T Low-Rate Initial Production; Scott Whatmough Comments

    Raytheon will kick off the low-rate initial production of communications terminals under the U.S. Air Force’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminal program after obtaining clearance from the service branch. The company will manufacture airborne and ground terminal variants and spares, and perform training, installation and logistics support, Raytheon said Thursday. The production of the […] More

  • Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ashok Sankar: Firms Must Build New Resilience-Focused Security Strategy

    Ashok Sankar, director of cybersecurity at Raytheon-Websense, has recommended organizations rethink their security strategies and refocus on resilience amid a changing threat environment, ComputerWeekly.com reported Thursday. Warwick Ashford writes that Sankar told an audience at the 2015 RSA Conference in the United Arab Emirates that security must adapt as companies adopt technologies such as mobile and cloud. “As technology innovations promise […] More

  • Raytheon Deploys Air Traffic Mgmt Tool at Atlanta Airport; Michael Espinola Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Deploys Air Traffic Mgmt Tool at Atlanta Airport; Michael Espinola Comments

    Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport has started to operate a Raytheon-built system designed for air traffic management. Raytheon said Wednesday it installed the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System at the airport’s terminal radar approach control building as part of the Terminal Automation Modernization and Replacement contract with the Federal Aviation Administration. “Creating an effective, advanced and streamlined […] More

  • MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Tests Aegis BMD System, Assets Against 2 Ballistic Missile Targets

    The Missile Defense Agency has performed an operational flight test of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense system and related assets in an effort to evaluate BMDS’ capability to detect and intercept ballistic missile threats. MDA said Sunday the test’s assets included Lockheed Martin-built Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon platforms, two Raytheon-made AN/TPY-2 radars and a Lockheed-developed Command, […] More