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 …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential $110 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce, certify, integrate and sustain Paveway laser-guided bombs. The Defense Department said Thursday the contract also offers a total-package acquisition approach for foreign military customers, such as the Philippines, that actively leverage or have expressed interested …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 9, 2018 — Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said a budget and acquisition framework focused on the use of commercial software development methods is needed to accelerate the delivery of defense capabilities, …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 2, 2018 — Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said the company continues to work with the Department of Homeland Security to bolster the government’s cybersecurity posture after reaching “full operational mode” on the $1 billion Development, Operations and Maintenance or DOMino …

Sally Sullivan, a former CSRA executive, has joined Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) as vice president of U.S. business development. Sullivan previously served as executive VP for the homeland security group at CSRA, which is now part of General Dynamics’ (NYSE: GD) information technology business after the latter completed its purchase in April, …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a $96.1 million contract to produce 250 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy missiles for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Tuesday that it will manufacture the MALD-J jamming variant of the missile that works to electronically stimulate and neutralize enemy air defense systems. Mike Jarrett, vice president of …