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Raytheon to develop planning software for military cargo missions that would fly on space rockets
Raytheon won a $8.7 million contract to develop mission planning software for the U.S. Air Force rocket cargo program.

Raytheon selects Lockheed Martin bus for U.S. Space Force missile-tracking satellite
Raytheon Intelligence & Space announced Jan. 4 it selected a Lockheed Martin bus to build a missile-tracking satellite for the U.S. Space Force.

Demonstration of new layer of missile-warning satellites planned for 2026
The U.S. Space Systems Command announced Nov. 28 that two satellite designs — one by Millennium Space Systems and the other by Raytheon Intelligence & Space — passed critical reviews and will move into the next phase of development.

Next NOAA weather satellite launching just in time
NOAA is preparing to launch the Joint Polar Satellite System-2 on Nov. 1 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

Blue Canyon delivers first satellite bus for DARPA’s Blackjack constellation
Blue Canyon Technologies delivered the first of 10 satellite buses DARPA ordered in 2020 for its Blackjack experiment in low Earth orbit.

Raytheon to acquire UK startup Northern Space and Security
Raytheon announced July 18 it intends to acquire Northern Space and Security, or NORSS, a UK startup that specializes in space domain awareness.

Ball and Raytheon to develop NOAA ocean sensors
Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Intelligence & Space will begin developing ocean color sensors for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next generation of geostationary weather satellites under contracts announced May 26.

Ball and Raytheon win weather instrument study contracts
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Raytheon Intelligence & Space will begin developing technologies for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s next generation of weather satellites under contracts announced May 17.

DoD wants ‘resilient’ space systems, but how to get there is still unclear
What it will take to make DoD constellations more resilient and achieve space superiority is still being debated, industry executives said.

Raytheon wins $67 million U.S. Space Force contract to build weather satellite prototype
Raytheon Technologies was awarded a $67 million contract to build a weather satellite prototype for the U.S. Space Force.