Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has contracted Raytheon to create a new method for detecting buried explosives, using bacteria as sensors. Raytheon and partner Worcester Polytechnic Institute will program two bacterial strains to monitor ground surfaces for explosive materials, the company said in a
Raytheon has won a $267 million modification contract to supply Japan with 20 Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles. "Under this modification, the 'pacing items only' restriction is removed and the contractor is now authorized to work the full, unchanged, effort to manufacture, assemble, test and deliver 20 Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missiles and related efforts, and four missiles under Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case JA-P-ATB to Japan," the US Department of Defense said in a statement Friday
Raytheon and Saab have completed a series of guided flight tests for the shoulder launched Guided Carl-Gustaf Munition, featuring a semi-active laser guidance system. The test firings performed during late September 2019 involved launching of 3 munitions in total- two against static targets and one against a moving target
Raytheon completed the first power generation flight test of the Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band (NGJ-MB) which will create its own electricity to jam enemy radars The U.S
Raytheon delivered the first high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system to the U.S
The US Army has chosen Raytheons new 360-degree Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar for its Patriot air defense systems. “The LTAMDS is the new radar for the US Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense network
Shareholders of United Technologies and Raytheon have given their approval to form a merger of equals- “Raytheon Technologies.” “At their respective special meetings of shareowners held today, Raytheon and United Technologies shareowners voted overwhelmingly to approve all of the proposals necessary to complete the merger of equals transaction combining United Technologies' aerospace businesses, comprised of Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, with Raytheon,” Raytheon said in a
The United States has given a green signal to Kuwait's request of acquiring Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lifting Extraction System (HERCULES) recovery vehicles, and related support valued at $281 million. The M88A2 HERCULES is a full tracked armored vehicle used to perform battlefield rescue and recovery missions
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale to Ukraine for 150 Javelin missiles and related equipment for an estimated cost of $39.2 million
Vietnams first Defence and Security exhibition, currently underway in Hanoi has seen interest from Russian, European and United States exhibitors expecting to sell fighter jets and weapons to the Asian country. Russia, which has had a near-monopoly in selling arms to Hanoi, thanks to the US arms embargo which was lifted only in 2016, is expecting to sell it more units of its Su-30 fighter jet