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GhostEye: Nothing Goes Unseen
Raytheon unveils its next-gen radars’ new name Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business, unveils its new name for a family of advanced air and missile defense radars: a series of radars with enhanced sensor performance and reliability—improving defense capability against the proliferation and evolution of the advanced threats of today and tomorrow. A…
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Visualizing the art of the possible
Infusing advanced technologies into modeling and simulation to help customers make better decisions The test was a smashing success — but not at all a surprise. Off the coast of Hawaii, a Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor launched from the guided missile destroyer USS John Finn, rocketed outside Earth’s atmosphere and destroyed an intercontinental ballistic…
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Webcast: Next-Generation Munitions
This webcast took place on September 20, 2021 The US Air Force is expanding its hunt for next generation munitions technology as it looks to maintain uncontested supremacy over the skies. This hunt could include hypersonics as well as greater investment in missiles and precision bombs. However, as China and other near-peer adversaries scale up…
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Banding together to beat ballistic missiles
The combined, proven capabilities of Raytheon Missiles & Defense radars safeguard security. A ballistic missile attack is chaotic. In a raid scenario, dozens of these weapons can approach from all directions, traveling at supersonic and even hypersonic speeds. Adversaries can mask them, making them look like something else, all while using electronic warfare to trick…
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Weaving a digital thread for the US Air Force
Digital transformation speeds development, delivery and sustainment of innovative systems The U.S. Air Force general put it plainly: hostile nations are getting very good at fielding new technologies quickly. “Today’s adversaries are rapidly delivering new systems and are threatening and, in some cases, surpassing our capabilities,” said Air Force Materiel Command commander Gen. Arnold W.…
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Webcast: SMD Debrief 2021
This webcast took place on August 12, 2021 Facing a transformative threat landscape, U.S. security officials and industry leaders are racing to build a layered missile defense system that can identify, intercept, and eliminate any missile launched toward American soil. During this discussion, we heard about progress on these efforts and what challenges are standing…
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Keeping USS Jack H. Lucas on track: Integration of SPY-6 radar array is underway on Navy’s new guided destroyer
The U.S. Navy’s new guided missile destroyer, USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG-125) successfully launched at Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi, on June 4, 2021. Raytheon Missiles & Defense is working with the shipbuilder to integrate the AN/SPY-6(V)1, also called SPY-6, integrated air and missile defense radar onto the ship. (Header Photo: Huntington Ingalls Industries)…
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Virtual Event: SMD Debrief 2020
On August 5, 2020, Defense News and C4ISRNET hosted a virtual event in partnership with, the Virtual Space & Missile Defense Symposium (SMD) in which they explored the major lessons learned from SMD and hear from military leadership about their procurement and technology priorities to modernize missile defense. The U.S. space and missile defense community’s…
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Triple Play: Raytheon’s suite of advanced naval systems helps to defend fleets
Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) launches a Naval Strike Missile during exercise Pacific Griffin. The NSM is a long-range, precision strike weapon that is designed to find and destroy enemy ships. (U.S. Navy photo) One missile skims the waves to avoid being seen. Another can loiter for hours, shift course on…
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Q&A: Raytheon Missile Systems VP of BD talks RTN’s presence at Dubai Air Show
Raytheon Missile Systems VP of Business Development, Steve duMont, talks RTN’s strong UAE partnership and what to expect at the Dubai Air Show. Raytheon will once again have a significant presence at the Dubai Air Show. What is the company highlighting? The Middle East is one of the most important areas of the world to…
