Electrification and SustainabilityRaytheon Technologies Completes First Engine Run of Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator American aerospace company Raytheon Technologies is doing its part to help the aviation industry reach its goal of sustainable air travel. In addition to funding other companies focused on developing hybrid-electric propulsion…
MilitaryPratt & Whitney Receives $115 Million for F135 Engine Core Upgrade Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] Pratt & Whitney snared a more than $115 million contract last week for the F135 engine core upgrade for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter. Pratt & Whitney is to finish…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Partners with Universities to Develop Skyler Radar Raytheon Intelligence & Space is collaborating with multiple universities to conduct research related to drone traffic management and to further develop its weather-sensing Skyler radar technology. Mike Dubois, technical program manager for…
MilitaryCommercial Aerospace, Defense Power Raytheon Technologies In Third Quarter Raytheon Technologies on Tuesday posted higher sales and net income in the third quarter driven by a rebound in the aftermarket business for commercial aircraft and strong results in its defense businesses,…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - August 1, 2021 Check out the Aug. 1 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Electrification and SustainabilityAre EU Green Deal Aviation Targets Attainable? The European Commission adopted a sweeping set of climate proposals aimed at reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55 percent by 2030 that will significantly impact the aviation industry. While…
CommercialWhat's Trending in Aerospace - June 13, 2021 Check out the June 13 edition of What's Trending in Aerospace, where editors and contributors for Avionics International bring you some of the latest headlines and updates happening across the global aerospace industry.…
Embedded AvionicsChallenges to Developing Avionics Terminals with Commercial Waveform, Multi-Modem Capability Last week, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) awarded Raytheon and L3Harris $500 million each to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems for the next generation Protected Tactical Satcom…
ATM ModernizationRaytheon Sees MARS, STARS as Enablers to App-based Future for U.S. Air Traffic Raytheon seeks to transition the technology used by air traffic controllers to track aircraft in U.S. terminal airspace to a more software-based system that can be continuously upgraded, using application updates instead…
MilitaryLockheed Martin to Integrate New Situational Awareness System for F-35 Lockheed Martin is to integrate the Raytheon Next-Generation Electro-Optical Distributed Aperture System (DAS) into all F-35 variants over the next two years under a nearly $99 million contract announced by the Pentagon…