RTX News & Events

Raytheon was awarded a $1,020,659,819 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of NASAMS fire units. Bids were solicited via the internet with one received. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, with an estimated completion date of May 26, 2031.

The Javelin Joint Venture, a partnership between Raytheon, an RTX (RTX) business, and Lockheed Martin (LMT), has delivered the first Lightweight Command Launch Units to the U.S. Army. The LWCLU, a next-generation launcher for the Javelin weapon system, is designed to be adaptable and compatible with all current, past and future Javelin variants. The launcher is replacing the weapon system's legacy command launch unit. To date, Raytheon has invested $22M to modernize the LWCLU factory to increase speed of production and expand capacity. In collaboration with the U.S. Army, the facility in Tucson, Arizona is ramping annual production.

Raytheon, an RTX (RTX) business, in collaboration with Northrop Grumman (NOC), has been awarded a phase two contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Burn n' Go program to continue the development of a new solid rocket motor design. This new capability will decouple post-manufactured motors from traditional, single-use designs, enabling a composable motor capable of meeting multiple mission needs by adjusting thrust on demand.

Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded a contract from the Office of Naval Research to further develop advanced radar software for next-generation naval radars. Under the contract, Raytheon's Advanced Technology team will develop software that enables each building block within a radar to operate independently, allowing a single radar to perform multiple missions simultaneously. By treating each building block as its own software-defined aperture, the radar can rapidly adapt to changing operational needs and better share crowded frequency bands with commercial networks such as 5G. Once the software development is complete, Raytheon will conduct a series of demonstrations to validate independent control of radar modules and associated capabilities such as multi-mission operation and spectrum sharing. Upon successful validation, the technology is expected to be transitioned into operational naval radar systems.