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ICYMI: Raytheon successfully completed 10 subsystem demonstrations for the US Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI) including: • Seeker: maximum range acquisition exceeding Stinger • Flight rocket motor: ability to extend the intercept range of air defense engagements • Command launch assembly (CLA): enhanced range for operator detection and identification of aerial targets • Warhead: precise and repeatable strikes against a spectrum of aerial threats Learn more about NGSRI: https://rtxcorp.co/3QwyidN

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📰 NEWS: Raytheon successfully completed 10 subsystem demonstrations for the US Army's Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI) program, each critical to ensuring alignment with the Army's requirements. Notable tests involved NGSRI’s seeker, flight rocket motor, command launch assembly and warhead. "We are confident in our ability to rapidly deliver the Army an affordable, low-risk, highly producible NGSRI solution." - Tom Laliberty, president of Land & Air Defense Systems at Raytheon Details: https://rtxcorp.co/4k14nbp

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A major step forward in secure communications. 📡 Collins Aerospace’s small form factor SCISR (Secure Common Data-Link Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) Software Defined Radio has successfully passed NSA Type-1 secure verification testing, reinforcing our commitment to trusted, secure voice and data transmission for critical missions. With support for BLOS (Beyond Line-of-Sight) and dynamic mesh communications, SCISR provides enhanced versatility and improved targeting, ensuring seamless connectivity across any environment and setting a new standard for resilience. See how SCISR delivers: https://rtxcorp.co/3JxVcRU

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📰 NEWS: Raytheon launched its newest Multispectral Targeting System variant, MTS-A HD, offering significant visual enhancements and operational flexibility for US Navy helicopters. "Our new high-definition sensor system provides aircrews with superior visual capability, allowing them to make faster and more informed decisions when it matters most." - Bryan Rosselli, president of Advanced Products & Solutions at Raytheon Details: https://rtxcorp.co/4fc8oI0

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Excited to partner with Vaya Space in a $4M, two-year strategic agreement to advance their breakthrough hybrid rocket technology using Velo3D’s Rapid Production Solution (RPS). By combining safer, non-toxic fuels with cutting-edge additive manufacturing, we’re helping bring sustainable, flight-ready propulsion to the next frontier. Read more:https://lnkd.in/eYdPfCPJ #AdditiveManufacturing #HybridRocket #Velo3D #VayaSpace #SpaceInnovation #MadeInUSA

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Hear from #NAWCAD's test pilots and UAS operators on how our Air Test and Evaluation Squadron TWO FOUR (UX-24) test team is bringing #USMarineCorps aviation advanced ISR and connectivity with MQ-9 Reaper's newest upgrade.

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Lockheed, Northrop, and Peraton Land $244M Contract to Build Next-Gen Space Relay Network Lockheed, Northrop, and Peraton won a $244M contract to build a new ground station for next-gen military infrared satellites. https://lnkd.in/ee77kRTq

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Skunk Works® and XTEND Expand Joint All Domain Command and Control for Advanced Mission Execution Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® and XTEND collaborated to integrate the XTEND Operating System (XOS) into Skunk Works’ MDCX™ autonomy platform, allow simultaneous Command and Control (C2) of multiple classes of UAS, creating improved situational awareness for lower-level mission execution in joint all-domain C2 (JADC2) scenarios. With the planned integration of XTEND’s XOS into Lockheed Martin’s MC-MDCX, a single operator can conduct both missions. The integration demonstration proved a reduction in total manpower for complex mission executions, removing the need for mission handoffs to lower-tiered operators, and improving situational awareness across the mission space. Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/es9ZcqD6

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🇺🇸🚀 RTX’s Raytheon has announced the Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor (NGSRI), a missile positioned as the successor to the Stinger system. The NGSRI will feature a rocket motor developed with Northrop Grumman, packing fuel more densely to boost performance without increasing the motor’s size. “The rocket motor itself is a really, really fixed volume, so it is a challenge to get more range out of it, but we are getting a significant amount,” said Raytheon’s NGSRI Tech Director William Strauss.

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At what point during civil certification projects is a flying prototype needed? Are flying aircraft actually "needed" in order to establish requirements for certification? Several firms' press releases claim exactly that as they tout their prototype's being approved to fly (i.e., experimental airworthiness certificate). Some clarity here appears necessary. One of my favorite of the 7 Habits is "begin with the end in mind". So I've prepared this graphic to show -- in reverse order (top-down) -- some of the major steps leading to fielding a new aircraft that's used in airline-style operations. Notice that an experimental CofA (permission to fly prototype) is at the far lower left in this diagram (i.e., very, very early in the process). While it is possible that data from a prototype could be used in establishing means of compliance, that does not come from a few success-oriented demonstrations. Instead, they come from organized test programs (with FAA participation) which comprehensively cover off-nominal concerns in addition to nominal performance. A good example of reports from this type of research can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gXBh5xkk Even if a flying prototype is involved with a research project, the result would need to inform means of compliance issue paper(s). Issue papers can take years to conclude. Adding the flying research time only adds to the elapsed time prior to having an accepted certification plan. Afterward, another couple years may be required to conduct the certification project. Conclusion? Having a flying prototype doesn't facilitate the certain end of a certification project until the applicant and the FAA have agreed on what needs to be accomplished WITH that prototype. For that, an accepted certification plan is necessary. Monitoring news for cert plan acceptance by the FAA is far more relevant to tracking schedule progress than is a prototype's first flight. As a flight tester, this pains me to admit. But it's true.

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Divergent is proud to partner with Raytheon, an RTX business, to redesign and deliver critical naval systems using the Divergent Adaptive Production System (DAPS). From modernizing decades-old designs to consolidating parts and accelerating timelines, Divergent’s digital manufacturing approach is helping transform defense production. https://lnkd.in/divCnHEu

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Safe, certifiable, and scalable: These are the cornerstones of our production process. Hear from Meghan Wright, Production Systems IPT Lead at Wisk, on how we're building these critical elements into our work on the Generation 6 Aircraft, in partnership with Boeing. The future of aviation is taking flight. 🚀 #Aviation | #ProductionSystems | #EmployeeSpotlight

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The small sat supply chain just got a little stronger: Umbra, which operates a constellation of SAR spacecraft, said today it will begin selling a line of fundamental spacecraft components to other operators seeking flight-proven parts. https://lnkd.in/dEq_CNH9

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