The modern battlefield is forever changed by the proliferation of technology, enabling even small nations to deploy technologies such as remote-controlled drones, yet the question remains how significant the impact will be on the future of warfare. Read More »

With nearly 90 percent of all Americans proclaiming that wireless technology has already changed their lives in a positive way, a new Public Opinion Strategies survey finds that almost just as many citizens now consider it crucial that the U.S. “win the race against China to deploy 5G.” Read More »

Mercury Systems will acquire Themis Computer for $180 million. Read More »

Demakes Enterprises, a company that uses ammonia in its refrigeration system, was recently required to spend to pay penalties and make upgrades to its systems after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found it in violation of the Clean Air Act and federal laws. Read More »

In conjunction with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) efforts to improve the health of New England’s waterways, the town of Belmont, Massachusetts, will address stormwater pollution affecting the Mystic River watershed. Read More »

Raytheon Company will continue its work on gallium nitride (GaN) based semiconductors with $14.9 million awarded through a second contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Read More »

Raytheon and Logos Technologies announced a partnership that will see the companies integrate their Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) and wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) technologies to better serve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements. Read More »

The Royal Air Force recently extended its contract with Raytheon U.K. for support services for the Sentinel surveillance aircraft program with a five-year contract worth $161.8 million. Read More »

Pending U.S. Air Force approval for Raytheon Company’s proposed Advanced Pilot Training program, Raytheon plans to establish a Final Assembly and Check-Out facility for building its T-100 Integrated Air Training System in Meridian, Mississippi. Read More »

In other Raytheon military radar applications, substituting GaAs components for GaN ones allowed the company to increase radar range, enhance radar detection and discrimination performance and lower radar production costs. Transitioning to a production process that incorporates GaN technology allows the company to modernize its ballistic missile defense radar. Read More »

Raytheon recently was awarded a $573 million modification to a previous Air Force contract to develop Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM). Read More »

"Energy security is a matter of national security," said Leanne Wheeler, chair, Colorado Vets4Energy. "We will need a competent and dedicated workforce to serve in the industry." Read More »

As private roof-mounted solar panels become ever more popular, those solar owners are increasingly turning to batteries to store excess energy produced, a trend that has the potential to change the utilities market as we know it. Read More »

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon a $159.9 million contract to manufacture and maintain the Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS), which provide a vital last line of defense for Navy ships. As part of the contract, Raytheon will be providing support equipment for the Phalanx and SeaRAM Weapon Systems as well as radar upgrades. Work is expected to be completed by August 2018. Read More »

The U.S. Navy has teamed up with defense contractor Raytheon for successful tests showing that a Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile can take a reconnaissance photo inflight and then follow orders to re-target; during the test, a missile launched from the USS Gridley guided missile destroyer used an onboard camera to capture battle damage indication imagery and then to transmit the image back to fleet headquarters via its two-way UHF SATCOM datalink. Read More »

Mercury Systems released the results of its participation in the US Air Force-led Next Generation Radar Processor Study on Wednesday. The goal of this program is to assess the capability of current embedded-computing open architectures to perform airborne radar-signal processing on future USAF platforms. Read More »