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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Avio signed agreements with the US Armed Forces, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin in 2024 and 2025.
In September 2025 Avio planned an 860,000-square-foot production facility (approximately 80,000 square metres) to support agreements with the U.S. Armed Forces, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin.
Analysts expect Avio’s defence propulsion division to exceed 50% of both group sales and EBITDA by 2035, supported by new US-based production capacity and contracts from the US Army and Raytheon.
Raytheon sees Pulling Guard applications for manned combatants operating in multiple theaters where elevated unmanned sensing platforms linked to shipboard command-and-control systems can extend coverage, fill blind spots, and increase reaction time against fast-moving or low-signature threats.
The Pulling Guard program aligns with Raytheon's work in integrated air and missile defense, advanced sensors, and networked command and control.
Raytheon intends to integrate command and control, high-performance sensing, and effectors in Pulling Guard to deliver a scalable, cost-effective solution that minimizes risks to cargo and naval assets.
Raytheon Advanced Technology will design, build, and demonstrate a system under the Pulling Guard program that combines electro-optical and infrared sensors, advanced detection software, and command-and-control capabilities to improve situational awareness and threat response for vulnerable ships.
Muon Space added senior leadership hires from the US Space Development Agency, Raytheon, and Loft Orbital.
Raytheon Advanced Technology is advancing critical security technologies for commercial shipping in regions like the Red Sea through the Pulling Guard development.
In the Pulling Guard program's second phase the system will be integrated with operational launchers and effectors to support live operations and allow Raytheon and DARPA to demonstrate end-to-end detection, tracking, and engagement of representative maritime threats.
The Patriot building will be named after the Patriot program in which Sener participates through agreements with Lockheed Martin and Raytheon to develop missile components.
JD Green, Senior Director for Land Warfare and Air Defense Eucom/Indopac at Raytheon, attended the cornerstone ceremony for the Patriot building.
Since founding Avio USA, Avio has signed contracts with the U.S. Armed Forces, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin.
RTX Corporation leads the traditional defense sector with a valuation of approximately $239.5 billion.
Avio has signed contracts with the US Armed Forces, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin.
The legacy Applied Aerospace operation has supplied hardware to customers such as Northrop Grumman, RTX (Raytheon), Lockheed Martin, and BAE Systems (Ball Aerospace).
Raytheon has formalized a strategic collaboration with Amazon Web Services aimed at modernizing satellite data processing and mission control architectures through cloud-native integration.
Raytheon intends to embed AWS Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning services into the mission chain to reduce latency between data collection and actionable intelligence.
The AWS Outpost family of services will be integrated into Raytheon's infrastructure to push mission management capabilities to on-premises locations.
Active programs for both government and commercial sectors are being executed under the new framework established by Raytheon and AWS.