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"...Raytheon secured a $1.7 billion foreign military sales contract to deliver four Patriot air and missile defense systems to Spain. ...The deal includes radars, launchers, command-and-control stations, and training equipment, with participation from Spanish industry. ..."
Reference: defence-blog.com ."...Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, and Diehl Defence have signed a memorandum of understanding to co-produce key elements of the Stinger® missile in Europe. This agreement lays the groundwork for the extension of production for Stinger missiles at Diehl Defence as part of the company's growth plan. ..."
Reference: www.rtx.com .
"...Raytheon has been developing the SM-2 Block III C/U variants for a number of years, incorporating guidance upgrades compared to legacy missiles. ..."
Reference: www.naval-technology.com .
"...LOUISVILLE — Raytheon, an RTX business, was awarded a $74 million contract to produce RAM Guided Missile Launching Systems (GMLS) for the U.S. Navy.
Under the contract, Raytheon will provide several new launcher systems, refurbishments on current systems, and hardware required to support upgrades as well as various spares. ..."
"...Raytheon, Tucson, Arizona is being awarded a $2,134,000,000 modification (P00043) to a previously awarded contract (HQ0851-21-D-00001). The value of this contract is increased from $1,197,726,000 to $3,331,830,000. Under this modification, the contractor will provide the management, material, and services associated with the sustaining engineering and product support services of the Standard Missile-3 Block missile variants for the U.S. and Foreign Military Sales partners. The work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona; and Huntsville, Alabama. The performance period is from Oct. 30, 2020, through Oct. 29, 2029. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity. ..."
Reference: clearancejobs.com ."...Raytheon Co. will produce 131 Tomahawk missiles under the fixed-price, undefinitized contract, according to the Defense Department. The order includes 26 of the long-range cruise missiles for the U.S. Army and 16 for the Marine Corps, along with 11 for Australia and 78 for Japan. ..."
Reference: www.al.com ."...AIM-9X Block II has lock-on after launch capability for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter and the F-22 Raptor advanced tactical fighter. ..."
Reference: www.militaryaerospace.com ."...Raytheon was awarded a $1.3 billion follow-on contract by the U.S. army for its Javelin missiles, which has played a major role in Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion, Lockheed said on Thursday. This latest agreement is part of a larger contract awarded last year, which could reach up to $7.2 billion for an "indefinite quantity" of missiles between 2023 and 2026. Since then, the joint venture has been ramping up Javelin production, with plans to reach an annual manufacturing capacity of around 4,000 missiles by late 2026. ..."
Reference: www.reuters.com ."...Tucson-based missiles and defense products manufacturer Raytheon has won a nearly $2 billion contract that will supply the Japanese military as well as U.S. forces.
The contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency for $1,944,082,765 call for the manufacture and assembly of Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA All-Up Rounds, with work to be performed in Tucson and Alabama and completed by February 2031.
The SM-3 interceptor..."
"...Raytheon, an RTX business, demonstrated a simulated complex missile engagement at Valiant Shield 24, integrating the U.S. Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) with the U.S. Navy's Standard Missile-6 (SM-6). The test successfully proved the feasibility of SM-6 as an additional effector within the Army IAMD architecture. The experiment used a..."
Reference: www.stocktitan.net ."...High-speed, long-range missile will provide greater anti-surface warfare capability TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has successfully completed a technical review and a seamless prototype fit-check in phase one of the U.S. Navy's Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (HALO) program. HALO is a carrier-based high-speed missile that will allow the Navy to operate in and control contested battlespaces in anti-access/area denial environments and will support their long-range fires strategy...."
Reference: www.rtx.com ."Raytheon, an RTX business, has been awarded $7 million to advance development and assessment of the company's GhostEye® MR radar, an advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or NASAMS. ...GhostEye MR leverages commonality with the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) that Raytheon is building for the U.S. Army."
Reference: www.prnewswire.com ."...Work on the $1.2 billion contract for Patriot missile launchers will be performed by Raytheon at several locations in the U.S., including Massachusetts, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico and Pennsylvania, in addition to Germany and Switzerland. The Pentagon estimated that work on the contract will be completed by the end of 2032. ..."
Reference: www.msn.com .
" Australia has requested to buy up to 255 Javelin FGM-148F missiles. The prime US contractor will be the Javelin Joint Venture between defense contractors Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp, the Pentagon said in a statement. Australia has been boosting its defense spending over the past few years as China looks to step up its presence in the Indo-Pacific region...."
Reference: www.gmanetwork.com ."Raytheon Technologies has won a contract worth more than $250 million from the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Development Agency to design and develop a satellite system to detect and track hypersonic missiles and other threats. ..."
Reference: www.bizjournals.com ."...What is NASAMS?
NASAMS is a ground-to-air-based defence missile system which is used in around 18 countries of the world. NASAMS system protects against UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), cruise missiles, and UCAV (unmanned combat aerial vehicles).
“We demonstrated how integrated defense solutions enable the warfighter to deploy the right effector at the right time and at the right target,” said Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Missiles & Defense. “Using fielded systems, our goal is to provide customers the quickest, most effective way to protect their people and critical infrastructure with layered cruise missile defense.”...In the latest experiment conducted by Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a part of Raytheon Technologies business, and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, version 3 of NASAMS was used to fire AIM-9X, AMRAAM, and AMRAAM-ER missiles.
The AIM-9X Sidewinder"
"...Ahmedelhadi Yassin Serageldin, 66, an Egyptian-born U.S. citizen, pleaded guilty to willfully retaining national defense information, according to U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling's office. He faces up to 10 years in prison at sentencing scheduled for April...Five pertained to U.S. military programs involving missile defense and were classified “secret.”..."
Reference: www.houstonchronicle.com .
"...The majority of work related to the deal will be executed in East Camden, AR, Huntsville, AL and Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. The project is expected to be completed by October 2026. The Standard Missile-6 (SM-6) system is an endo-atmospheric interceptor..."
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"...The SM-6 was originally designed to defend ships from air-and-missile attacks. A few years ago the Pentagon’s Strategic Capabilities Office sponsored an initiative that gave it an offensive anti-ship strike capability. Now, Raytheon is taking steps to enable it to be deployed as a land-based system. “We are looking at that land-based capability to put that layered-defense launching construct there,” company Vice President for Strategic and Naval Systems..."
Reference: www.nationaldefensemagazine.org .Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (January 8, 2026) Security Alert – U. S. Embassy Kyiv, Ukraine (January 8, 2026) Location:...
