U.S. Navy Fires Missile to Shoot Down Its Own Ballistic Missile During Test in Hawaii
1 Apr 2024, 11:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy and a number of three defense contractors tested the Aegis Weapons system and the SM-6 missile against a ballistic threat in Hawaii
High-Speed Cruise Missile Stands No Chance Against America's Newest Defense Radar
25 Mar 2024, 08:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon announced the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor passed another crucial test.
NASAMS Fires Extended Range AMRAAM Missile for the First Time, Weapon Does Things Right
28 Feb 2024, 10:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon fires a new version of the AMRAAM missile from a National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System
American Microwave Weapon Can Shoot Down Targets at the Speed of Light
30 Jan 2024, 10:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor Raytheon announced the completion of a three-week test run of the CHIMERA microwave weapon system
Navy Super Hornets Getting the Best Electronic Warfare Suite They'll Ever Have
21 Dec 2023, 08:49 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy awarded defense contractor Raytheon an $80 million contract to prototype a new electronic warfare system for the F/A-18 E/F Super Hornet
American Radar That Can See Everywhere Helps Take Out Test Tactical Ballistic Missile
14 Dec 2023, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Raytheon announced the completion of yet another test of the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) agains a ballistic missile
U.S. to Beam Down Power Into Combat Zones Using Speed of Light Wireless Energy Web
13 Dec 2023, 09:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA's Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay (POWER) program moved into a new stage after Raytheon was tasked with building such relays
U.S. Uses the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles in Space
12 Dec 2023, 07:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Raytheon announced this week the completion of yet another test of the Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) interceptor
World's Most Advanced Air and Missile Defense Radar Tracks and Kills Live-Fire Test Target
21 Nov 2023, 11:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Defense contractor Raytheon announced the first radar of the new GhostEye family, the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, passed a live fire test
U.S. Army Tests Counter-Drone System That Can Track Swarms of 30+ Drones
26 Oct 2023, 07:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Army and Raytheon successfully test the Ku-band Radio Frequency Sensor as a means to counter small drone activity
Raytheon Wraps Up First Test Run of New Jet-Electric Hybrid Engine, First Flight in 2024
21 Dec 2022, 19:16 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Riding a $163 million wave of investments started in July of last year, it shouldn't be too long before Collins and Raytheon now have a working prototype.
USAF to Blow $1 Billion on Raytheon Scramjet-Powered Hypersonic Missiles
23 Sep 2022, 13:02 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force (USAF) awarded this week a contract worth almost one billion dollars to Raytheon for the development of Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missiles
Raytheon Is Betting on Quarterhorse, the 4,000 MPH Autonomous Aircraft of the Future
16 May 2022, 03:31 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Raytheon's first investment as a corporate venture capital group is going to the Georgia-based startup that's developing the world's fastest aircraft
Zumwalt-Class Stealth Destroyers Eat Up More Money, Navy to Spend an Extra $1.68 Billion
21 Apr 2022, 08:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Missiles & Defense a $1.68 billion contract for five years, with options, to get the Zumwalt-class destroyers ready for duty
Raytheon's Phaser Microwave Beam Weapon is Certifiably Insane, Can BBQ Hypersonic Missiles
31 Jan 2022, 20:34 UTC · By: Benny Kirk / Raytheon Missiles and Defense first conducted field tests with its Phaser system at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in 2018
The First-Ever Hypersonic Missile Interceptor to Be Developed for the U.S. Navy
22 Nov 2021, 10:40 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Raytheon is developing, on behalf of the Missile Defense Agency, the first defense system specifically designed to engage hypersonic threats
U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler Makes Multiple Enemy Radars Go Bye-Bye at the Same Time
9 Jul 2021, 20:30 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The EA-18G Growler just got even more lethal in the electronic warfare game. With this next-generation jammer, the enemy won't even know what's coming.
America’s Missile-Hunting Defense System Getting Better, Will Cost $3.7 Billion
26 Mar 2021, 14:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Lockheed Martin with Aerojet Rocketdyne, and Northrop Grumman with Raytheon tasked to work on the next-generation interceptor program
Cyclone to Build No Oxygen Engine for Raytheon IDS
17 Feb 2010, 15:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Things in the automotive world become stranger and strager as Cyclone Power announced it will build an engine which can work in the absence of oxygen. Part of an order submitted by Raytheon Inte...