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The article reports on the move of the U.S. Air Force which requested $378 million for its Space Fence space situational awareness program in 2014. It provides information on the program which will be a radar that tracks orbiting objects and other debris that can damage satellites. It mentions Raytheon Co. and Lockheed Martin are the top contractors pursuing the Space Fence contract. It notes that the contract will be awarded by the end of June 2013.

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force is seeking information from the defense industry to plan for the procurement of its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase. Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have all expressed their intention to bid for 3DELRR.

The article reports that Raytheon Co. has opted for BAE Systems Inc. to help it develop Dismount Detection Radar (DDR) for the U.S. Air Force. Steven LeCours, spokesman for BAE Systems, states that BAE Systems will lead development of radar command, dissemination and planning modules. It highlights that the radar will be placed under the wings of MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

The article reports that the U.S. Airforce announced the starting date for the Space Fence tracking radar in the U.S. It mentions that the Space Fence helps in tracking the orbiting objects that could damage satellites. It mentions that Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon Co. are meant for competing for the contract.

The article reports that Northrop Grumman Corp. wants the U.S. Air Force to release, imminently, a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its F-16 radar upgrade program. Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Co. are bidding for the Air Force's program to upgrade its F-16 jet plane fleet with Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radars. It is mentioned that Northrop Grumman is offering its Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR), whereas Raytheon is offering its Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR).

The article reports that the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has stated that Raytheon Co.'s advanced electronics system has met a milestone for the Long Range Radar Service Life Extension Program (SLEP). It reports that the SLEP provides an upgrade of aging radar electronics. As stated, the decision by FAA has paved the way for production deployments.

The article offers information on the declaration of Raytheon Co. (RTN) and Lockheed Martin (LMT) to display their new radar systems in U.S. in December 2011. The new technology is the baseline version of Space Fence, the Air Force space surveillance system S-Band radar. Both radar systems are competing to grab a contract from U.S. Air Force, and will be demonstrated by their producers in the preliminary design review (PDR) phase of the competition.

The article offers information on the 43 million dollars contract awarded to Raytheon Co. by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) for TYP-2 radar development in the U.S. It is stated that the contract modification was awarded to continue developing the common X-Band capability software and modeling and simulation capabilities for the TYP-2 radar. As stated, the TYP-2 radar is capable of search, threat detection, classification and precision tracking at extreme long ranges.

The article reports on the plan of the U.S. Air Force to conduct a demonstration of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned sensor aircraft in the Pacific in 2008. Raytheon provides the aircraft's electro-optical and infrared cameras and synthetic aperture radar, while Rolls-Royce builds the aircraft's turbofan engine.

The article announces that the U.S. Navy has authorized full-rate production of Raytheon's APG-79 active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar that is resident on the sea service's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II multirole fighter aircraft and EA-18G Growler electronic-attack platforms. According to Erv Grau of Raytheon's Tactical Airborne Systems business, moving into full rate production is a significant milestone for their APG-79 AESA radar program.

The article reports on the delivery of Raytheon Network Centric Systems' Multi-Function Radio Frequency System (MFRFS) radars. The MFRFS will be integrated into the Quick Kill Active Protection System that the company is developing for the Army. MFRFS is a state-of-the-art, electronically-scanned, solid-state phased array radar system that can detect and track a full spectrum of threats to current and future Army vehicles, the company said.

This article reports on upgrades being initiated by Raytheon to its missile defense radars to boost their performance and expand the manner in which they can be tested and share information with other sensors, as of March 2006. The company is the major supplier of radar technologies to the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. Among its projects, it builds the powerful, multi-storey Sea-Based X-band Radar and the smaller Forward-Based X-band-Transportable, a variant of the Army's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense radar.