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 U.S. Department of Justice required Raytheon Technologies to divest its space-based precision optics business before Raytheon could combine with United Technologies Corporation in a merger that closed on 2020-04-03.
Maxar Technologies will begin integrating Earth-imaging sensors built by Raytheon Intelligence & Space with WorldView Legion satellites this summer despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic.
SMC delayed implementing the OCX hardware fix until Raytheon demonstrated improved performance in delivering OCX.
The contract modification requires Raytheon to replace IBM equipment with HPE equipment for all OCX Block 1 deliverable environments by 2022-04-30.
SMC directed Raytheon on 2020-03-27 to remove IBM computer hardware from the OCX system for security reasons six years after IBM sold the x86 product line to a Chinese company.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center reached an agreement with Raytheon on 2020-03-31 to replace the hardware used in the next-generation ground control system for the GPS constellation by 2022-04-01.
The total cumulative value of the OCX contract awarded to Raytheon in 2010 is $3,700,000,000.
Raytheon will deliver a fully qualified Block 1 software baseline capable of operating the GPS constellation to the Air Force in early 2021.
Raytheon was awarded a $378,000,000 modification to its existing OCX contract to remove the system’s IBM computers and install new Hewlett Packard Enterprise hardware.
Raytheon received an initial order of $37,600,000 under its multi-award contract.
In 2016 the Space and Missile Systems Center awarded prototype development contracts worth $39,000,000 to Raytheon, $38,000,000 to L3Harris, and $33,000,000 to Viasat to develop prototype modems.
The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center awarded contracts each worth up to $500,000,000 to Raytheon and L3Harris to develop and produce cyber secure satellite communications modems for the Department of the Air Force and the Army.
SMC expects Raytheon to deliver a qualified software baseline capable of operating the GPS constellation in less than a year.
On 2020-03-26, the OCX program office instructed Raytheon to replace the system's IBM computers with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) hardware.
The government is holding Raytheon accountable to deliver qualified software prior to integrating on the HPE platform and deploying to operational sites.
SMC waited to implement the OCX hardware fix until Raytheon showed improved performance in delivering OCX.
Raytheon delivered the OCX Block 0 ground system and is working to deliver OCX Block 1 in 2021.
On 2020-01-28, Raytheon won a $197,000,000 U.S. Air Force contract to design a ground system to collect and process data from missile warning satellites.
Raytheon is in the process of merging with United Technologies Corp., and the combined company will be named Raytheon Technologies Corporation once the merger is approved.
BAE Systems intends to buy Raytheon’s Airborne Tactical Radios division for $275,000,000.