RTX

By Robert Wall, Joe Anselmo
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Vivienne Machi
The Operational Control System program, known as OCX, was established in 2010.
Operations & Safety

By Matthew Fulco
Sales in July-September rose 6% annually to $20.1 billion and earnings per share reached $1.45, ahead of Wall Street’s $1.34 consensus estimate.
Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
The latest deals come as RTX works to close several legacy investigations of RTX’s Raytheon defense division.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The U.S. Navy has missed a goal to declare initial operational capability for the Next-Generation Jammer’s mid-band system in the fiscal year just ended.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
New robotic systems are helping OEMs, MROs and suppliers automate a range of maintenance tasks.
Marketplace

By Chen Chuanren
Washington will reportedly in 2025 assess Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology's capabilities to assemble Raytheon FIM-92 Stingers.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Germany is moving forward with the purchase of additional Amraam missiles and Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM).
Missile Defense & Weapons

Teo Ozsan and Jay Carmel
A new sheet of music is coming to the U.S. industrial base and will drive an Era of Reorganization.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi, Steve Trimble
The U.S. and Japan have chosen Northrop Grumman to continue development of a new long-range hypersonic defense system known as the glide phase interceptor.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force plans to incorporate optical crosslinks into its next wave of missile warning satellites for use in medium Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved Singapore's acquisition of the RTX AIM-120C-8 Amraam under a $133 million Foreign Military Sales contract.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Michael Bruno
An Aug. 30 notice of settlement filed in U.S. District Court in Connecticut did not detail the settlement terms.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Next-Gen OPIR program includes two satellites for use in geostationary orbit.
Space

By Sean Broderick
As airlines struggle with hundreds of out-of-service aircraft, Pratt & Whitney is working to ease the inevitable pain.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Jerrold T. Lundquist
The goals of the U.S. National Defense Industrial Strategy need to be truly implemented to open the market to companies outside the traditional competitors.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The resilient missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) in the MEO Epoch 2 constellation could include up to 18 satellites.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Matthew Fulco
Investors remain bullish about the aerospace and defense giant RTX despite ongoing travails with Pratt & Whitney’s geared turbofan engine.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Sean Broderick
The engine-maker’s plan for managing unscheduled geared turbofan inspections is going as expected, but disruptions continue to dog affected operators.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Michael Bruno
Leadership sets the tone, and incoming Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg has results and relations.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Graham Warwick
With industry leaders working to certify their aircraft, it was up to alternative propulsion developers to take limelight at the Farnborough Airshow.
Advanced Air Mobility Departments

By Matthew Fulco
Sales rose 8% annually to $19.7 billion and earnings per share increased 9% to $1.41, coming in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations.
Supply Chain

By Victoria Moores
Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, GE Aerospace, Rolls-Royce, RTX and Safran jointly called for further research into the non-CO2 impacts of aviation.
On Location

By Brian Everstine
Raytheon hopes sustained, high demand for the AIM-120 Amraam both domestically and abroad will drive the U.S. government to reconsider a multiyear procurement.
Farnborough Airshow

By Brian Everstine
The Biden administration’s directive to move Ukraine to the front of the line for the interceptors has been understood by other international customers.
Farnborough Airshow