Raytheon
Raytheon to replace OCX hardware by 2022 for $378 million
Raytheon will remove the system’s IBM computers and install new Hewlett Packard Enterprise hardware.
L3Harris, Raytheon each win $500 million contracts for military satcom modems
The contracts are to develop and produce Protected Tactical Waveform-capable modems
GPS ground system gets cybersecurity upgrade as OCX faces new schedule setback
Until OCX is delivered, the Space Force will use the ground system known as Contingency Operations, or COps, made by Lockheed Martin.
Raytheon wins Air Force contract for ground system to process missile warning satellite data
The five-year contract is to develop the Future Operationally Resilient Ground Evolution, or FORGE.
BAE Systems to acquire Collins’ military GPS and Raytheon’s airborne tactical radios businesses
BAE Systems officials called the acquisitions “unique opportunities” to grow its military radio and GPS businesses.
GAO in a spat with Raytheon over critical report of GPS ground control system
Raytheon says GAO never discussed its findings on the OCX program with the company. The watchdog agency disagrees.
What happens to technology, talent when startups fail?
An undercurrent of the SmallSat Symposium was a widespread conviction that a shakeout is looming for certain entrepreneurial space sectors, prompting questions about the future of technology, personnel and business models that never get off the ground, literally or figuratively.
Artificial intelligence extends into space
Like SES, government agencies and space companies are applying artificial intelligence to various problems they face.
Defense contractors step up investments in commercial space companies
Boeing's investment in BridgeSat and Raytheon's strategic investment in Hawkeye 360 continues the trend of major defense contractors placing bets on enabling technology.
Raytheon says VIIRS could meet DoD weather requirements without further development
“The VIIRS sensor today was built to meet all of the DoD’s weather needs for electro-optical infrared,” said Wallis Laughrey, Raytheon Space Systems vice president
Air Force to bolster weather capabilities with small satellites and sensors
The U.S. Air Force is focused on information technology, cybersecurity and small satellites to enhance weather capabilities in the near term rather than a new generation of large, sophisticated spacecraft to replace the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program.
New ground network gives forecasters quicker access to satellite weather data
The Common Ground Station 2.0 already is retrieving satellite data from a new ground station at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in addition to the ground station in Svalbard, Norway, that NASA and NOAA relied on in the first generation of the Common Ground System.
Raytheon moves into commercial imaging market with DigitalGlobe camera order
DigitalGlobe’s selection of Raytheon Space Systems to manufacture high-resolution imagers for the WorldView Legion constellation shows Raytheon is making headway in its effort to use expertise honed through decades of government work to attract commercial customers.
Raytheon under “pressure” after GPS 3 ground control network extension
Following an acknowledgment of another deployment extension for the GPS 3 ground control network, the U.S. Air Force publicly and forcefully called on contractor Raytheon to put the program back on track.
Raytheon says GPS control system OCX on track to hit revised milestones
Raytheon’s long-embattled ground control system for GPS is back on track following a government contract breach last year that prompted the U.S. Air Force to work with the company to revise the program’s budget and schedule, the program manager said.
U.S., Japan hope next-generation interceptor will be future of missile defense
The SM-3 Block 2A interceptor is a bigger and more capable version of the Raytheon-built SM-3 Block 1A and 1B interceptors.
