For the first time scientists and engineers have successfully fired Raytheon's High-Energy Laser Weapon System (HELWS) from a British Army combat vehicle. The lightweight, portable high-energy laser system is the first laser weapon integrated on a land vehicle to be…
At EX Valiant Shield 24, Arlington-based Raytheon demonstrated a simulated complex missile engagement leveraging the US Army's Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS, and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, IBCS, launching the US Navy's…
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) and Raytheon have successfully completed a three-week field test of the CHIMERA High-Power Microwave (HPM) weapon at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. During the test, CHIMERA applied directed energy to multiple different…
US missile manufacturer Raytheon has successfully completed a technical review and a seamless prototype fit-check on an F/A-18 Super Hornet in phase one of the US Navy's Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive Anti-Surface (HALO) missile program. The company, with its industry…
The US Army has sole-sourced the acquisition of 6,700 Coyote counter-UAS (Uncrewed Air System) interceptors from US missile house Raytheon. The US Army needs to develop, produce and maintain countermeasures against enemy-armed and intelligence gathering UAS's operating at various speeds…
The Australian Army has conducted its first live-fire of the National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) at the Woomera test range in South Australia. The firing by the 16th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, demonstrates the modernisation of Army’s…
Raytheon and partner Northrop Grumman Corporation have been awarded a contract of undisclosed value from the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under the follow-on risk-reduction agreement, the Raytheon-led team will build and fly additional Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept…
The US Air Force has awarded Raytheon Missiles and Defense a US$985,348,124 contract to develop and demonstrate Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) prototypes, under a multi-year bilateral program with Australia. The award underscores the U.S. Air Force’s focus on increasing…
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded US engine manufacturer Pratt & Whitney a contract for a ground test demonstration program for a novel architecture using a rotating engine detonation concept to be jointly executed by Pratt &…