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Raytheon Missiles & Defense tests a U.S. Navy SPY-6 integrated air and missile defense radar inside its automated, 30,000 square-foot radar development facility in Andover, Massachusetts.

06/01/2020

A new radar for the US Navy

Raytheon Missiles & Defense builds the SPY-6 radar and has completed near-field testing on the first 14’x14’ modular array, moving the system one step closer to installation on the Navy’s first Flight III guided missile destroyer.

NASAMS firing, a system that never sleeps.

05/26/2020

A critical role in air defense

NASAMS has been part of the U.S. National Capital Region’s air defense system since 2005. A small team of former veterans will provide air defense for four more years.

Winner of Air Defense Artillery scholarship for 2019.

05/19/2020

It runs in the family

The announcement for two new 2020 Raytheon Missiles & Defense Air Defense Artillery Association scholarships is expected in June and will be awarded specifically to children of Air Defenders – active, National Guard and retired – who are seniors in high school.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense is producing a touchless door opener and keypad pusher using its 3D printing technologies. The company has moved to waterjet cutting production at its headquarters in Tucson, Arizona.

05/13/2020

Protection with touchless tech

Raytheon Missiles & Defense is helping prevent the spread of COVID-19 by developing a touchless door opener and keypad pusher with its 3D printing and waterjet cutting technologies.

The Reconfigurable Table Top Trainer, referred to as RT-3, provides simulated, but realistic, training for crews of the Patriot air and missile defense system.

05/12/2020

The game is to train

The Reconfigurable Table Top Trainer, referred to as RT-3, provides simulated, but realistic, training for operators of the Patriot air and missile defense system.

04/29/2020

Keeping the doors open

Ironstone Farm in Andover, Massachusetts, is facing cuts due to COVID-19. Raytheon Missiles & Defense is stepping in to help. (Photo: Ironstone Farm)

Raytheon Technologies’ 30,000 square-foot, automated, Radar Development Facility in Andover, Massachusetts, is home to the SPY-6 family of radars and the teams dedicated to its production

04/28/2020

Team SPY-6

Raytheon Technologies' engineers and technicians working behind-the-scenes on SPY-6, the U.S. Navy’s program of record, is known as #TeamSPY6.

virtually mentoring high school student during COVID-19

04/20/2020

Caring for the connection

Amanda Becotte, an adviser in the Raytheon Missiles & Defense Stand and Deliver program, is virtually mentoring Nanyeli Perez, a senior at Lawrence High School in Massachusetts.

Early Warning Radar, or EWR, has been continually modernized to provide early detection and tracking of ballistic missiles, and distinguish between incoming attacks and objects that pose no threat.

03/20/2020

The most watchful eye

Early Warning Radar, or EWR, has been continually modernized to provide early detection and tracking of ballistic missiles, and to distinguish between incoming attacks and objects that pose no threat.

Soldiers participate in the Run To Home Base.

03/19/2020

The spirit of service

Service is a thread that weaves through the fabric of the Raytheon Missiles & Defense business, one of four businesses that form Raytheon Technologies Corporation.