News Feature Archive

05/05/2021

Keeping UAVs away from the game

Raytheon Intelligence & Space's high-energy laser weapon system, or HELWS, uses electro-optical sensors that give operators a clear image of the target and track it. Once system operators identify the drone as a threat, with a simple push of a button, they can accurately aim the laser beam at their mark, bringing the drone down within seconds.

05/03/2021

'Digital Thread' levels playing field

For new employees at Raytheon Intelligence & Space digital engineering can help level the playing field by providing everyone the same information at every point in a process. It also plays to the strengths of new engineers just entering the workforce—a generation of natural innovators who are eager to take part in developing disruptive technology.

04/26/2021

Capturing a single photon of light

Scientists at Raytheon BBN Technologies have developed new way to detect a single photon of light. The component, known as a Josephson junction, has big applications for sensors, communications and exponentially more powerful quantum processors driven by quantum bits, known as qubits.

04/26/2021

Houston, we almost had a problem

Raytheon Intelligence & Space partnered with C3.ai to develop a predictive anomaly detection capability for satellites that alert operators to potential problems. The system can help operators address issues before they have a negative impact on the mission.

04/21/2021

Decoys: A fighter's last line of defense

Raytheon Intelligence & Space is developing a next-generation decoy to counter advanced missiles, which now operate over a wider range of bands in the electromagnetic spectrum.

04/19/2021

The Silent Intelligence Finder

Raytheon Deutschland GmbH, a subsidiary of Raytheon Intelligence & Space, has developed a digital, passive ELINT sensor called Advanced Radar Detection System, or ARDS, that can detect radar emissions on the ground – without itself emitting any signal and remaining undetected.

04/15/2021

Looking beyond Landsat 7

In April 2021, the satellite marked its 22nd year of serving as a set of eyes on our home planet, documenting Earth’s splendors such as the expansion of cities and calamities like volcanic eruptions and historic wildfires. As the satellite notches another year, engineers from Raytheon Intelligence & Space are developing new technologies like a full-spectrum calibration system that could contribute to future generations of Landsat systems.

04/12/2021

A bot built to stop spearphishing

Raytheon BBN is working on a solution for social engineering attacks, called SIENNA – Strategies for Investigating and Eliciting Information from Nuanced Attackers – that combats these attacks while simultaneously trying to gather information about the attacker’s identity.

04/07/2021

Boot camp trains intel analysts

Raytheon Intelligence & Space developed a 1.5-day artificial intelligence and machine learning boot camp to familiarize National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency analysts with cutting-edge intelligence tools and a broad perspective on AI, deep learning in machines and neural networks. NGA analysts attended the RI&S boot camp virtually in 2020.

04/06/2021

How to get ahead in cybersecurity

Cyber events like the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition help college students prepare for a career in cyber in the real-world, according to Raytheon Technologies, and it allows them to hit the ground running.