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 technologies are helping the U.S., its friends and allies make the world a safer place.

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

Sensors

Countering threats starts with seeing them. Raytheon Missiles & Defense's sea-, ground- and space-based sensors offer a layered approach to detect, discriminate and track those threats across domains.

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missiles and interceptors that defeat incoming missiles and warheads.

Interceptors

Missiles and incoming warheads pose a threat to the United States and its allies. Raytheon Missiles & Defense’s missiles and interceptors defeat these threats, from sophisticated ballistic missiles to crude rockets and mortars.

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

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

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How Missile Defense Works

Learn how sensors, command and control systems and interceptors track and eliminate threats.

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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)
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 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.
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.
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.