RTX's Raytheon Wins Contract to Modernize U.S. Space Force Early Warning Radars

Key Facts

1The U.S. Space Force selected Raytheon to modernize radar sites that serve as the outermost layer of the nation's missile-defense architecture.

The U.S. Space Force selected Raytheon, a business unit of RTX, to modernize radar sites that serve as the outermost layer of the nation's missile-defense architecture. PR Newswire reported that the contract focuses on digitizing existing systems to improve detection capabilities and long-term performance against increasingly complex global threats.

The program will deliver prototype solutions before transitioning to rapid fielding across remaining locations, aiming to create a common open architecture that simplifies future upgrades. This modernization is designed to enhance critical ground-based early warning and space monitoring capabilities, supporting a more resilient and layered security architecture through the Ground-Based Radar Digitization (GBRD) program.