The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has awarded Raytheon a $ 196.7 million contract extension for the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX) program — despite being years behind schedule. This latest award brings the total OCX…
BAE Systems to get Collins GPS and Raytheon ATR businesses

BAE Systems Inc. has reached definitive agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace’s military GPS business and Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios (ATR) business. The two high-performing businesses are being sold in connection with obtaining the required antitrust clearances for…

Raytheon plans to deliver the final phase of the GPS Ground Control System (OCX) upgrade to the United States Air Force by June 2021, despite past delays to the program. A report by the General Accountability Office (GAO), issued in…
Raytheon to develop advanced laser systems for U.S. Air Force

According to Raytheon, its HELWS uses energy to detect, identify, track and take down drones. (Photo: Raytheon) Raytheon Company will deploy two prototype high-energy laser weapon systems (HELWS) to troops overseas under a $ 24 million U.S. Air Force contract.…

Raytheon Company has signed a strategic agreement with AirMap, an airspace intelligence platform for drones, to collaborate on projects to safely integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace system. This will help unlock the positive economic and social…
Raytheon merges with United Technologies aerospace business

Raytheon Company and United Technologies Corp. have entered into an agreement to combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The transaction will create a systems provider with advanced technologies to address rapidly growing segments within aerospace and defense, the companies…
US Navy, Raytheon test precision-guided munitions

Guided projectiles can provide sailors with precision fires Raytheon Company and the U.S. Navy on May 6 announced the completion of a new round of successful Excalibur N5 munition test firings at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. Raytheon’s sea-based Excalibur…