Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) plans to realign its four current businesses into three focused segments – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – as part of efforts to drive the company’s technology synergies, market growth and financial targets. Christopher Calio, chief operating officer of Raytheon, will assume additiona...
The U.S. Army has begun to solicit feedback from potential offerors on a draft performance work statement to inform the development of a request for proposals for a multiple-award contract for unified network operations support. The military branch plans to launch a competition for an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for engineering,...
A Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) subsidiary has received a one-year, $90.2 million contract modification to provide virtualization support for U.S. Army infrastructure network environments that run VMware software applications. The work is expected to be carried out by Jan. 22, 2024, in Rock Round, Texas, the Department of Defense said Friday. Dell ...
An industry team led by Boeing (NYSE: BA) has received a contract from NASA to develop and test a Transonic Truss-Braced Wing demonstrator aircraft as part of the space agency’s Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project. NASA will invest $425 million in the development of the TTBW demonstrator over a seven-year period, while Boeing and its industry...
Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has won a five-year, $270.9 million contract to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency deliver imagery intelligence and analysis capabilities to domestic and international partners. The Mantis indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will provide specialists with access to technology platforms and ...
The current space architecture and methodologies for developing and fielding new space technologies came about before space was a contested arena. Or, perhaps in the time between when space was first a contested environment — the Space Race of the 1950s through the 1970s — and the present day. In the modern climate, nations such...
Leanne Caret, former CEO of the defense, space and security unit at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been elected to the board of directors at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). “With a focus on rapid deployment of highly complex systems, she has driven development of groundbreaking technology solutions throughout her tenure,” Greg Hayes, CEO and chairman...
As both the U.S. and its adversaries ramp up space operations, digital modernization is crucial to ensuring that the nation has the capabilities necessary to maintain its position in the growing domain, according to Colonel Roy Rockwell, deputy chief technology innovation officer for the Space Force. In the complex space environment where ...
NASA and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have agreed to jointly develop and test systems that can support the use of unmanned aircraft systems in air cargo operations and the rest of the country’s airspace. The collaboration falls under the Pathfinding for Airspace with Autonomous Vehicles subproject under NASA’s Air Traffic Management-eXpl...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has begun development work on an active electronically scanned array radar for the Lockheed Martin-built (NYSE: LMT) F-35 Lightning II fighter aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday the AN/APG-85 AESA system is a multifunction sensor that will be compatible with all F-35 variants designed to provide warfighters situational aw...
