RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies, is a major American aerospace and defense conglomerate. While the company has recently shifted its focus from being a prime contractor in the space field, it continues to supply critical payloads, sensors, and components for satellites and space missions. RTX's space-related products and services include satellite components, advanced sensors, missile defense systems, and space domain awareness technologies, with major customers including the U.S. government, NASA, and international allies. Keywords associated with RTX in the space industry include: space components, sensors, missile defense, space domain awareness, and government contracts.
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The 12 companies receiving U.S. Space Force Space Based Interceptor OTA agreements include Anduril, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, SpaceX, and True Anomaly.
The 12 Space-Based Interceptor OTA awardees include Anduril Industries, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar, Raytheon, Sci-Tec, SpaceX, True Anomaly, and Turion Space.
Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and RTX are named U.S. industry anchors in the India-U.S. Defense Acceleration Ecosystem program.
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, and General Dynamics are among the awardees for the Golden Dome interceptor program.
Rocket Lab is teaming up with RTX’s Raytheon on SBI technology for Golden Dome.
Raytheon selected ST Engineering iDirect’s manufacturing plant in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, for NATO’s ESSM Block II missile program in February 2026.
The OTA winners are Anduril Industries, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics Mission Systems, GITAI USA Inc, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Quindar Inc, RTX’s Raytheon Company, Sci-Tec Inc, SpaceX, True Anomaly Inc, and Turion Space Corp.
President Donald Trump nominated Raytheon Vice President Erich Hernandez-Baquero to serve as the assistant secretary of the Air Force for space acquisition and integration.
Erich Hernandez-Baquero currently serves as Raytheon’s vice president for space ISR.
In July 2025, the U.S. Space Force contractually accepted OCX from Raytheon and began integrated system testing.
In July 2025, the U.S. Space Force contractually accepted OCX from Raytheon and began integrated systems testing to address liens carried over from factory testing and to ensure interoperability with the broader GPS enterprise.
As of January 2026, the OCX program had a cost of about $6.27 billion, including full Raytheon funding to that point and other government costs.
RTX’s Raytheon business delivered GPS OCX on July 1 last year by submitting DoD Form 250, the required Material Inspection and Receiving Report.
The Pentagon formally enlisted Lockheed Martin, RTX, and Northrop Grumman as additional prime contractors alongside SpaceX for Golden Dome in March 2026.
Lisa Pataki previously served as CFO of Aerojet Rocketdyne and the Comet Group and held finance roles at RTX Corporation for 10 years.
RTX is the sole supplier of the Army’s Secure Mobile Anti-Jam Reliable Tactical-Terminal, the Air Force’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal, and the Global Advanced Satellite Terminal for the fielded Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal variants.
The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Strategic Communications Division in Bedford, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity for RTX Corporation’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal contract.
Work under RTX Corporation’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal contract runs through August 2031.
RTX Corporation secured a $2.01 billion ceiling increase on its Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal contract with the U.S. Air Force, raising the total contract value to $2.97 billion.
The original ceiling on RTX Corporation’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency terminal contract was $960 million when it was awarded in August 2021.