Press Releases

Honeywell announced today it will invest $84 million to expand its Olathe manufacturing facility in Kansas. The project, which is expected to generate nearly $47 million in total gross domestic product (GDP) and contribute $18.3 million to state and local taxes in the first six years, supports the company's alignment with the compelling megatrend of the future of aviation. Annual operations of the newly expanded facility will create ongoing economic benefits that include directl

Raytheon, an RTX  business, has been awarded a $20 million contract through the Strategic and Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) consortium to develop a next-generation multi-chip package for use in ground, maritime and airborne sensors. Under the contract, Raytheon will package state-of-the-art commercial devices from industry partners like AMD to create a compact microelectronics package that will convert radio frequency energy to digital informati

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business with partners ILC Dover and Oceaneering, completed the Crew Capability Assessment test, a key step in the design process on its next-generation spacesuit for the International Space Station, under NASA's Exploration Extravehicular Activity Services, or xEVAS, contract. The Collins team validated suit performance in a manufactured zero-gravity environment onboard an aircraft, performing a series of demonstrations performed by experienced former

BAE Systems' program to design and manufacture an advanced military GPS receiver and next-generation semiconductor has completed Critical Design Review (CDR). The Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) program is part of a $247 million contract received in 2020 from the U.S. Space Force. The MSI includes a Next-Generation Application Specific Integrated Circuit (NG ASIC) which will provide enhanced security and performance of M-

Mobix Labs, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company developing disruptive next-generation connectivity technologies for 5G infrastructure, satellite communications, and defense industries, today announced it has begun delivering filtered connector parts that are used in the U.S. Navy’s Tomahawk Cruise Missile. Financial details were not disclosed. According to a recent article in Newsweek, the U.S. has thousands of Tomahawk missiles in its arsenal and in vessels deployed around

Reliable Robotics, a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, today announced that it has received military airworthiness approval to begin flight testing and operational missions of its remotely piloted Cessna 208 Caravan for the U.S. Air Force. This approval signifies a deeper level of engagement with the Department of Defense (DoD) by enabling Reliable to demonstrate dual-use automated flight capabilities for military use cases, including cargo missions. “Nothing compares to

Leidos, a Fortune 500® innovation company, was recently awarded a prime contract by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The hybrid firm fixed price/time and materials contract was awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and has a one-year base period of performance and two one-year options. "We are thrilled to work with ARPA-H building the infrastructure and capabilities necessary to drive biomedical breakthroughs and groundb

Leonardo DRS, Inc. has scheduled a conference call for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 beginning at 10:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its fourth quarter 2023 and full year 2023 results. The company plans to issue its quarterly earnings press release prior to the conference call. The live audio broadcast of Leonardo DRS’s conference call with corresponding press release and supplemental information will be available on the company’s investor relations website. To attend the conferenc

NASA's history-making Ingenuity Mars Helicopter has ended its mission at the Red Planet after surpassing expectations and making dozens more flights than planned. While the helicopter remains upright and in communication with ground controllers, imagery of its Jan. 18 flight sent to Earth this week indicates one or more of its rotor blades sustained damage during landing, and it is no longer capable of flight. Originally designed as a technology demonstration to perform up to fi

Raytheon, an RTX business, announced a $154 million award to deliver Commander's Independent Viewer (CIV) systems to the U.S. Army to upgrade the service's Bradley Fighting Vehicles. CIV is an electro-optical/infrared sight system utilizing second-generation forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras and sensors that provide the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting Vehicle with 360-degree battlefield oversight and targeting capabilities. "The CIV is a package of mult

The U.S. Navy has awarded Data Link Solutions, a joint venture between BAE Systems and Rockwell Collins, Inc., a contract to provide small form factor (SFF) Link 16 radios, which will be fulfilled using BAE Systems' FireNet™ Link 16 tactical systems. FireNet is a scalable, secure, and open system architecture communications solution with a unified tactical network to enable Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) operations. Warfighters today operate in netw

CACI International Inc announced today that it was selected for a five-year, single-award, task order worth up to $526 million to provide network modernization and sustainment technology to the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Command Control Communications-Tactical (PEO-C3T). The Global Enterprise Network Modernization (GENMOD) task order is part of the Alliant 2 indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. “Today, more than ever, it is imperative to de

CACI International Inc announced today that it won a five-year, single-award task order valued at up to $382 million to provide technology to the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Engineering and Systems Integration Directorate (ESID) Trojan Engineering and Systems Integration (ESI) Advancement of Trojan Systems (EATS). This work is part of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle.

Pratt & Whitney Canada today announced the development of an advanced mobile charging unit (MCU) capable of charging high-power batteries at up to 1500 volts, making it compatible with Megawatt Charging System standards the industry is advancing for high voltage power applications. Pratt & Whitney is an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business. The MCU was developed in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Innovative Vehicle Institute (IVI) as part of the

SkyDefense, LLC of Brighton, Colorado today announced their counter-UAS interceptor weapon system which can neutralize a swarm of hostile drones. The SkyDefense C2 command-and-control ''VRAM," short for "Visual Realtime Airspace Monitoring" integrates a counter-UAS interceptor weapon with a rugged four-wheel drive EV which can launch and communicate remotely with one or more (6.5 ft. long x 4.5 ft. wingspan) CobraJets. The battery-powered VTOL (verti