TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 14, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), the Missile Defense Agency and the U.S. Navy took part in a demonstration of the missile defense capability of Japan’s maritime self-defense force and the compatibility of its JS Atago ship with the Block IB variant of Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. An SM-3 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 13, 2018 — Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business will work with HawkEye 360 on a project to utilize next-generation geospatial systems that will serve to deliver situational awareness to government users, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Through a strategic investment, Raytheon IIS will be able to …

Tom Vecchiolla, a 15-year veteran of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), has been appointed president and CEO of engineering services contractor VT Systems in a move slated to take effect Dec. 1. He will succeed John Coburn, who has led VT Systems over the past 17 years and will remain as its non-executive chairman, …

Retired U.S. Air Force Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, former commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, has joined Raytheon’s (NYSE: RTN) board of directors. Thomas Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon and a two-time Wash100 awardee, said in a statement released Thursday that Pawlikowski brings technology and national security experience as the …

Range Generation Next, a joint venture of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), will provide technical and engineering services to the U.S. Army under a potential 10-year, $502.2M contract. The Defense Department said Tuesday RGNext will perform work through Oct. 1, 2028 in Huntsville, Ala., and on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The Army Contracting …

Raytheon has secured a $282M undefinitized contract from the U.S. Air Force to modernize and deliver AN/DAS-4 electro-optical/infrared sensor systems. Under the predominantly fixed-price-incentive contract, Raytheon will upgrade 40 DAS-1A turret units to a DAS-4 configuration and provide 127 AN/DAS-4 Multi-Spectral Targeting System Model B high-definition and target location accuracy turrets, the …

Roy Azevedo, a nearly three-decade Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) veteran, has been appointed president of the company’s space and airborne systems business in a move that will take effect on Sept. 1. He will join the corporate leadership team and succeed Richard Yuse, who is due to retire on Dec. 31 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 29, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has unveiled a new radar development center in Rhode Island that will serve as a hub for collaboration between industry and foreign partners as well as the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The Portsmouth facility, part of the company’s $8M investment …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 23, 2018 — Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) space and airborne systems business manufactures surveillance sensors for aircraft, ships and spacecraft at a facility in McKinney, Texas, as it works to support Defense Department requirements, the Dallas Business Journal reported Tuesday. ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday that the company is looking …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Leonardo DRS’ network and imaging systems business have each won a five-year, $79.3 million contract to provide spare parts for the U.S. Army‘s second-generation forward-looking infrared cameras. The Defense Department said Friday the two companies will produce the components for FLIR Block 1 B kits under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts from …