Missile Defense | Raytheon Missiles & Defense

When it comes to missile defense, no nation — and no system — can stand alone.

Protecting people, places and the principle of sovereignty itself takes vision. It takes precision. It takes technologically advanced sensors, command-and-control systems, satellites and interceptors, working in layers to defeat all types of threats, from short-range missiles to hypersonic warheads hurtling through space.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense breakthrough technologies enable sensors to see farther. They mean command-and-control systems can process data faster. And they mean operators can employ interceptors to engage their targets with even greater precision.

Deployed around the world and drawing on the company's decades-long dedication to reliability and readiness, these integrated technologies are helping the U.S., its friends and allies make the world a safer place.

Products & Services

ground-based sensor to detect, discriminate and track threats.

Sensors

Countering threats across domains, sea-, ground- and space-based sensors–in a layered approach–that detect, discriminate and track threats wherever they are.

missiles and interceptors that defeat incoming missiles and warheads.

Interceptors

Harnessing the power of the world’s most advanced missiles and interceptors to defeat threats ranging from sophisticated ballistic missiles to crude rockets and mortars.

Air and missile defense systems consist of radars, command and control technology, and interceptors to defend against a full spectrum of threats.

Air and Missile Defense Systems

Integrating industry-leading radars, command and control technology, and interceptors to defend against a full spectrum of threats.

News & Feature Stories

Raytheon Missiles & Defense's artistic rendering of a GPI conceptual design.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense to continue developing a first-of-its-kind counter-hypersonic missile

Glide Phase Interceptor will defend against advanced hypersonic threats.

Raytheon Technologies is building a future missile defense system using a layered approach of advanced sensors, next-generation effectors and a command-and-control system.

A blueprint for protection

Raytheon Technologies is building a future missile defense system using a layered approach of advanced sensors.

A streak of light in the night sky from a missile launch.

From The Hill: How a layered missile defense will protect the future of our country

Learn how layered missile defense solutions work together to defend the U.S. and its allies.

The GhostEye radar, named and built by Raytheon Missiles & Defense.

GhostEye: Nothing Goes Unseen

We unveiled our next-gen radars’ new name. Introducing GhostEye.

Artist rendition of hypersonic plane in upper atmosphere.

To shield and protect

Industry and governments partner with allies on a multi-layered approach to missile defense.

An upgraded Early Warning Radar at night.

Banding together to beat ballistic missiles

The combined, proven capabilities of Raytheon Missiles & Defense radars safeguard security.

The SM-3® interceptor is the only ballistic missile interceptor that can be launched from sea or land, and it has achieved more than 30 intercepts in space. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

Raytheon Missiles & Defense experts are revolutionizing the role kill vehicles play in missile defense. (Photo: Missile Defense Agency)

Raytheon Missiles & Defense is developing a payload for the Next Generation Overhead Persistent Infrared Block 0 resilient missile warning satellite.

A critical element in the Ballistic Missile Defense System, the AN/TPY-2 radar continually searches the sky for ballistic missiles. AN/TPY-2 serves as the eyes of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System, known as THAAD.

The Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, or LTAMDS. — LTAMDS is the latest generation air and missile defense radar, providing exceptional capability against proliferating and increasingly stressful threats, such as hypersonic missiles.