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WASHINGTON \u2014 \u201cPlatform agnostic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a term getting a lot of play from United Technologies CEO Greg Hayes and Raytheon CEO Tom Kennedy, in the wake of this weekend\u2019s surprise announcement that the two companies would be merging into a new firm,<\/a> known as Raytheon Technologies Corporation<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neither company works as a platform producer, eschewing the production of aircraft or ground vehicles and instead focusing on the technology that makes them work. It\u2019s a business model that has produced well for both firms, and in a Monday interview with Defense News, the two CEOs made it clear they see no need to deviate now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of the first and foremost things we absolutely agree on is, we want to be platform agnostic,\u201d Hayes said, noting that UTC sold off its Sikorsky helicopter unit almost five years ago<\/a> because \u201cwe didn\u2019t like the programmatic risk associated with platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll supply all the content and all the systems, all of the offensive, defensive capabilities necessary to make the system successful, but we really think it\u2019s important that we remain agnostic among the platform providers,\u201d Hayes added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Said Kennedy, \u201cNeither of us essentially develop platforms or sell platforms. Why that’s important is, really, the amount of capital that you have to go and spend in maintaining and creating these platforms kind of takes your eye off the ball relative to investing in technology moving forward. So that was a big feature, that both companies are platform agnostic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instead, both men said the new firm will remains focused on developing high-end technologies which can be inserted on, or in, platforms developed by the other major defense primes. With that goal in mind, the company is preparing to spend $8 billion in R&D funds in the year following its merger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the merger is completed in early 2020, Kennedy will become chairman of the board, with Hayes serving as CEO. Two years later, Kennedy will step down, with Hayes adding the chairman title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One area Kennedy highlighted as having good synergies is hypersonic weapons<\/a>, a major interest for the Pentagon. Raytheon has already been working on hypersonic missiles, including the guidance and control systems, but UTC\u2019s experience with propulsion and materials science might be able to help deal with a specific challenge for Raytheon\u2019s weapon designers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt just turns out when you\u2019re flying at Mach 5<\/a>, you really increase your temperature on all your surfaces,” Kennedy said. “If you have a propulsion system, the air is coming in at such a high speed, that creates a significant amount of heat; it has to be dissipated in a very efficient way,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cAnd one of the areas that the United Technologies has, really based in the Pratt & Whitney guys, is all the technology that they\u2019ve developed over the years in working very high temperatures internal to their turbine engines,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo not only do they have, I would call it the heat management capabilities, but also the material science to go implement those.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hayes identified two areas where shared R&D will have a near-term impact, and they underline the benefit of having a new company that will be roughly 50-50 defense and non-defense business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is on aircraft control systems, where each company has technologies that can be brought to bear for the FAA\u2019s next-generation air traffic control networks. The second comes in the form of cybersecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think Raytheon is second to none as it relates to cyber<\/a>, and we view this as a core competency that can benefit the entire commercial aerospace ecosystem,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cNot just the connected aircraft, which is probably the first order of business, but the whole ecosystem. How do you protect passenger data, how do you protect the equipment that\u2019s on the ground? How do you protect the airplane while it\u2019s flying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ll see that shortly in the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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