Raytheon
Raytheon designs prototype for Space Force weather satellite
Raytheon Intelligence & Space is designing a prototype weather satellite for the U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center that draws heavily on technology from the firm’s Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite and Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer.
BAE Systems completes acquisition of Collins’ military GPS business
Collins military GPS will be integrated into BAE Systems’ Electronic Systems sector.
Raytheon wins NOAA contract for infrared sounder study
Raytheon won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract for a study of High-Resolution Infrared Sounder (HIRIS), a weather instrument designed to offer detailed views of cloud tops and the dry line, where moist and dry air meet.
Raytheon wins $37 million DARPA contract for Blackjack payloads
The contract awarded to Raytheon is for Overhead Persistent Infrared sensor payloads.
Raytheon wins NOAA study contract for geostationary imager
Raytheon won a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration contract for a design study of Real Time Imager, an instrument to obtain high-resolution Earth observation imagery from geostationary orbit.
Two payloads qualified for U.S. Space Force early warning satellites
Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace team designed competing sensor payloads for the Next-Gen OPIR geosynchronous satellites.
WorldView Legion remains on track for 2021 launch
Maxar Technologies is on track to begin integrating Earth-imaging sensors built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space with WorldView Legion satellites this summer in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
