RTX – Page 2 – The Defense Post

Jan- 2026 -

23 January

Air

Jodesz Gavilan

Collins Aerospace Signs C‑130 Wheels and Brakes Support Deals

RTX’s Collins Aerospace has signed three‑year agreements to strengthen support for C‑130 Hercules wheels and brakes.

8 January

Air

United States Navy Boeing E-6B Mercury of Strategic Communications Wing ONE, Task Group 114.2, based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, high over Colorado Aug. 23, 2019. The E-6B was refueled by a Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, also from Tinker AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Greg L. Davis)

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Modernize US Navy’s E-6B Doomsday Aircraft

RTX subsidiary Collins Aerospace has received a $20.3-million contract to upgrade the US Navy’s E-6B airborne command post and communications relay aircraft.

6 January

Air

The Condor Mk3, Collins Aerospace’s cooperative surveillance radar capable of communicating directly with aircraft transponders.

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Field Surveillance Radars for US National Airspace System

RTX segment Collins Aerospace has received a $438-million contract to deploy surveillance radars for the Federal Aviation Administration.

Dec- 2025 -

23 December

Americas

Ethan M. Encarnacion

Collins Shows Off Anti-Jam Tech Inside Small, Mountable Card

Collins Aerospace has shown that a small card is all it takes to power systems with next-generation anti-jamming capability.

Oct- 2025 -

10 October

Air

A soldier firing a missile in a sandy environtment with a clear daylight background

Ethan M. Encarnacion

‘Next-Gen Stinger’: Raytheon Introduces Backward-Compatible Interceptor Missile

RTX’s Raytheon has announced the Next-Generation Short-Range Interceptor, a missile positioned as the successor to the Stinger system.

2 October

Americas

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kacey Johnson, a weapons load crew member assigned to the 122nd Fighter Wing, Indiana Air National Guard, installs an AGM-65 Maverick missile on an A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft during Red Flag 21-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Feb. 4, 2021.

Christine Casimiro

US Clears South Korea’s Request for AGM-65G2 Maverick Missiles

South Korea is ramping up its strike capabilities as the US State Department cleared a potential $34-million foreign military sale of RTX-manufactured AGM-65G2 Maverick tactical missiles.

Sep- 2025 -

25 September

Air

Concepts of the uncrewed fighter aircraft YFQ-42A (bottom) and the YFQ-44A are pictured in artwork. The aircraft are designed to leverage autonomous capabilities and crewed-uncrewed teaming to defeat enemy threats in contested environments. (U.S. Air Force artwork courtesy of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Anduril Industries)

Christine Casimiro

US Air Force Selects RTX, Shield AI to Supply CCA Drone Autonomy Software

The US Air Force has reportedly chosen RTX and Shield AI to provide autonomous capabilities for the first increment of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) operational prototypes.

17 September

Americas

The Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management solution will deliver a Recognized Electromagnetic Picture, combining data from operations, intelligence systems, and other sources.

Rojoef Manuel

Collins Aerospace to Provide NATO With EW and Combat Monitoring Solution

NATO has awarded Collins Aerospace a contract to supply its Electronic Warfare Planning and Battle Management software, which is designed to help the alliance plan, coordinate, and manage operations involving radar, communications, and other electronic systems.

17 September

Americas