TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 3, 2018 — Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has said the company focuses on the “solutions” side of its investment efforts amid the defense sector’s increasing interest in small satellites, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 17. The Washington Post reported Sept. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 1, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has implemented an agile development approach to update the baseline software of the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System used by the U.S. Air Force, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 19. FlightGlobal reported Sept. 19 that the agile method has worked …

Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) missiles systems business has received a $395.5M contract modification to procure materials and spares needed for fiscal 2017 through 2018 production of the Standard Missile-6. The award holds options that may raise the previously awarded contract’s maximum potential value to $579.7M, the Defense Department said Friday. The …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential six-year, $482.3M contract to update MK 15 Close-in Weapon Systems for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Army as well as the governments of Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Japan, New Zealand and Australia. The company will also overhaul systems and provide hardware for the CIWS platform …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 25, 2018 — Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) is set to receive a five-year contract from the Missile Defense Agency for the supply of Standard Missile-3 Block IIA all-up-rounds to U.S. and foreign military customers, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. MDA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday it expects to award Raytheon’s missile …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 21, 2018 — Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization for Raytheon‘s (NYSE: RTN) intelligence, information and services business, has highlighted the company’s use of the crowd development strategy to drive potential technology pursuits and investments, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Probert wrote in a Breaking Defense guest …

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 …