News Feature Archive

07/24/2020

A thermometer like no other

Raytheon Intelligence & Space is supplying Seek Thermal with uncooled thermal sensors for a temperature screening system, which is intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

07/22/2020

AI assists with better battlefield intel

The Tactical Intelligence Targeting Access Node, or TITAN, could give frontline forces, as well as headquarter commanders, a resilient tactical ground station capable of rapidly sifting through massive amounts of incoming sensor data to find and track potential threats.

07/15/2020

Laser comms that cuts through clouds

Raytheon Intelligence & Space has developed a new free-space optical communications receiver that plows through atmospheric distortions that sometimes disrupt the data.

07/15/2020

FoXTEN fuses intel on the frontlines

Raytheon Intelligence & Space is offering the U.S. Army an intelligence system that combines cloud computing, commercial technology, and artificial intelligence with an easy-to-use and reliable interface. It’s called Force Multiplier Tactical Edge Node, or FoXTEN.

07/07/2020

ATLIS shrunk

The ATLIS prototype will serve as a pathfinder for the future of one of NASA’s most enduring missions – land imaging. Since the 1970s, NASA’s LandSat program has cataloged the Earth’s ever-changing landscape from its morning orbit perch. But today, program managers are looking for ways to get more capability on orbit at a lower cost.

07/07/2020

How women can rise in tech

Two female engineers at Raytheon Intelligence & Space present during virtual workshops in the "Women Impact Tech" event series to offer career advice.

06/29/2020

A ‘USB’ for satellites

Raytheon Intelligence & Space engineers are pioneering new constellation management technology to control multiple satellites from a single ground station. The tech not only connects satellites to the ground, but also to one another.

06/23/2020

Just like 'Top Gun'

The Identification Friend or Foe has run on Mode 4 since the 1960s. IFF Mode 5 significantly improves the ability to identify and track friendly aircraft, providing increased situational awareness to command and control and combat ID functions. Mode 5 improvements include new cryptography, stronger security features, modern signal modulation techniques and greater data content.

06/15/2020

A coalition of the willing

BBN Technologies is working with a group of leading cryptographers, physicians, privacy experts, scientists and engineers across the technology industry and academia on a smartphone contact tracing app, which ensures privacy, to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

06/11/2020

Protecting satellite communications

The Department of Defense recognized a need to guarantee our troops and allies access to secure satellite communications during critical missions and during the heat of battle. The solution: Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Satellite Communications or PATS.