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Since acquiring Blue Canyon Technologies and SEAKR Engineering, Raytheon Technologies expanded its space payload and satellite bus capabilities and expertise.
The $250,000,000 contract from the Space Development Agency to Raytheon includes ground operations and support services.
Dave Broadbent, president of space & C2 at Raytheon Intelligence & Space, supports developing a resilient and affordable proliferated satellite constellation in low Earth orbit to improve tracking of emerging threats like hypersonic missiles.
The seven satellites under the $250,000,000 contract will be built on Saturn-class microsatellite buses made by Raytheon subsidiary Blue Canyon Technologies.
Tracking Layer Tranche 1 will include 14 satellites made by Northrop Grumman and 14 satellites made by L3Harris in addition to Raytheon’s seven satellites.
Raytheon originally bid for a Tracking Layer contract in 2020 but lost that contract to other competitors.
The satellites will carry a wide-field-of-view overhead persistent infrared sensor developed by Raytheon and an electronics payload provided by Raytheon subsidiary SEAKR Engineering.
The seven Raytheon-built satellites will be part of the Space Development Agency’s Tracking Layer Tranche 1 infrared-sensing constellation.
The Space Development Agency awarded Raytheon Technologies a $250,000,000 contract to build seven missile-tracking satellites for the agency’s low Earth orbit constellation on 2023-03-02.
The consortium has worked with Fujitsu and Raytheon NORSS on several government-funded Space Surveillance Tracking projects.
Trimble’s RTX positioning technology can provide decimeter-level accuracy in seconds, making it ideal for autonomy applications.
Trimble RTX enables consistent lane determination for driving applications.
Trimble’s RTX network is supported by a globally redundant and resilient infrastructure.
Trimble RTX is a key component for many of the latest driver assistance systems like the ProPILOT Assist 2.0.
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. will use Trimble RTX technology as its high-accuracy positioning source for the ProPILOT Assist 2.0 driver assistance system.
Trimble employs ISO 20000 certified network engineers and IT specialists to monitor RTX operations around the clock.
Trimble RTX provides higher accuracy than standard Global Navigation Satellite System signals, which may drift up to 10 meters (25 feet).
Defense giants Raytheon and L3 Harris have established venture capital arms to capture emerging technology.
The Raytheon Technologies businesses at Project Convergence 22 demonstrated intelligent gateway technologies, zero-trust cybersecurity solutions, and an upgraded Multi-Functional Lightweight Command Launch Unit.
Raytheon selected the LM 400 bus to build missile-tracking satellites for the U.S. Space Force with the first scheduled to launch in 2026.