Raytheon has been given the contract to ready the AV Switchblade airframe to be launched from submarine waste disposal units. Now I bet that was not part of the first design brief! Chuck it out let it float up and then launch. How will…
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New 12-pound Guided Bomb Flies for First Time
by Gary Mortimer •
Raytheon completes first captive flight test of Small Tactical Munition Phase II. Paving the way for one target one air dropped weapon missions! TUCSON, Ariz., Nov. 30, 2011 Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has completed captive carry tests of its Small Tactical…
Raytheon Aims to Integrate STM on Light-Attack Aircraft
by Gary Mortimer •
WASHINGTON, Oct. 12, 2011 – The Raytheon Company is seeking to integrate its Small Tactical Munition onto a wide variety of light-attack aircraft. STM is a new 12-pound, 22-inch-long, precision-guided, gravity-dropped weapon. Although initially designed for employment from unmanned aircraft systems, STM’s…
Raytheon’s JLENS Successfully Completes 14-day Endurance Test
by Gary Mortimer •
TEWKBURY, Mass. | Raytheon Company’s aerostat system — Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Elevated Netted Sensors (JLENS) — recently completed a successful 14-day endurance test at a range in Utah demonstrating its readiness. “Providing persistent surveillance for cruise missile defense…
Raytheon wants to be the Microsoft of unmanned military aircraft
by Gary Mortimer •
Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems is developing a sort of operating system for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to allow rapid adaptation of new features such as weapons and sensors. Raytheon’s Service-Oriented Architecture, or SOA – which the company highlighted during a…
Raytheon Develops Miniature Antenna For Unmanned Aircraft Systems
by Gary Mortimer •
Raytheon has developed a miniaturized interrogation antenna capability to extend use of its Cooperative Target ID technology to soldiers and unmanned aircraft to help prevent fratricide. This effort builds upon an existing Raytheon antenna design and additional enhancements performed in…
Raytheon Global Hawk $24.7 million GCS Contract
by Gary Mortimer •
Raytheon has won a $24.7 million Global Hawk Ground Station sustainment Contract. Raytheon Company said in a statement that it has been awarded a one-year subcontract worth$24.7 million for support services of the ground station elements of the RQ-4 Global…
New Warhead for Small Tactical Munition
by Gary Mortimer •
Raytheon have tested a new warhead for its Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). STM is a 13-pound guided munition that is approximately 2 feet long, making it the smallest…
SLAMRAAM Successfully Intercepts Targets in Two Test Firings
by Gary Mortimer •
TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 7, 2011 Raytheon Company’s SLAMRAAM (Surface Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile) system successfully destroyed an unmanned aerial vehicle target and intercepted a cruise missile target at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The limited user test-firing data…
Raytheon Solipsys’ Zeus Integrates Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft Activities
by Gary Mortimer •
Raytheon Solipsys, a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) subsidiary, was awarded a $9 million contract to deliver and install its Zeus situational awareness and collaboration system for Air Force remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The award responds to an urgent operational need…
