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RTX Corporation (NYSE: RTX) is described as the world’s largest aerospace and defense company, and its news flow reflects activity across commercial aviation, defense and space. Company announcements highlight developments from its businesses Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon and Blue Canyon Technologies, as well as corporate updates from its Arlington, Virginia headquarters.
News items from Collins Aerospace include contracts and technology demonstrations in air traffic management and navigation. For example, Collins Aerospace has been awarded a major Federal Aviation Administration contract to support the Radar System Replacement program for the U.S. National Airspace System, delivering next-generation cooperative and non-cooperative radar systems. It has also showcased anti-jam Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing solutions using Compact Modular Open Systems Standards (CMOSS) Mounted Form Factor cards for ground vehicles in contested environments.
Pratt & Whitney news covers aircraft propulsion and engine development. The business has announced work on a new family of engines, developed by its GATORWORKS team, intended for applications such as munitions and Collaborative Combat Aircraft, with a focus on scalability, development speed and affordability.
Raytheon-related news spans air and missile defense, radar and electronic warfare. Recent releases include contracts to supply Patriot air and missile defense systems and related equipment to countries such as Spain and Romania, as well as a contract to equip a U.S. Air Force autonomous test aircraft with PhantomStrike radar. Raytheon has also reported progress on an Advanced Electronic Warfare prototype for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.
RTX news also covers space activities through Blue Canyon Technologies, such as the launch of a Saturn-200 minisatellite platform for NASA’s Pandora mission to study exoplanet atmospheres. In addition, corporate communications include earnings release schedules, responses to unsolicited mini-tender offers for RTX shares, and other regulatory or cybersecurity updates disclosed through press releases and SEC filings.
Investors and observers can use the RTX news stream to follow contract awards, technology milestones, aerospace and defense program updates, and corporate announcements that illustrate how the company’s businesses operate across aviation, defense and space.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) BBN Technologies released Maude-HCS, an open-source toolkit (April 1, 2026) for modeling, testing and validating covert communication networks.
Funded by DARPA under PWND2, Maude-HCS claims 1%–9% error versus controlled deployments, faster validation (hours versus weeks), linear scaling on an eight-core server, and availability on GitHub and arXiv.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) received a $6.6 billion award to definitize F135 engine production for lots 18-19, including a $3.8 billion modification for lot 18.
The contract covers full-rate production engines, initial spares, modules, engineering, program oversight and production support; Pratt & Whitney says it has invested over $1 billion in capacity and raised F135 production rates by 20%.
The program supports >66,000 jobs across 47 states and generated more than $9 billion in U.S. economic impact in 2025, with over 1,400 production engines delivered.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) will release first quarter 2026 earnings on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, before the market opens. A conference call to discuss results is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET.
The call will be webcast live on the company website and available for replay, and a presentation will be posted for download prior to the call.
Collins Aerospace (NYSE: RTX) began initial testing of hybrid-electric powertrain subsystems on March 16, 2026 at The Grid in Rockford, Illinois. Integrated lab tests validate motor generators, controllers and power distribution systems ahead of integration with a full-scale Pratt & Whitney GTF engine demonstrator.
Key validated hardware includes two megawatt-class motor generators and high-voltage distribution components developed across UK, Germany and the Netherlands. SWITCH is funded by the European Union (GA no. 101102006) and involves Pratt & Whitney, Airbus, MTU, GKN and research partners.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) completed a $115 million, 26,000 sq ft expansion of its Redstone Missile Integration Facility in Huntsville, Alabama, increasing integration and delivery capacity by more than 50% and growing the company's state workforce to over 2,200 employees.
The facility supports nine Standard Missile variants and other weapon systems; the expansion complements five recent framework agreements to boost munitions production at Raytheon sites in Tucson, Huntsville, and Andover.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) was awarded a follow-on contract from Leidos Dynetics to supply TJ150 turbojet engines for the AGM-190A small cruise missile. The compact engine delivers over 150 pounds of thrust and has > 2,700 engines delivered globally. Pratt & Whitney is adding additive manufacturing to speed development and increase production flexibility.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) announced that BBN Technologies won a DARPA contract under the X-ray Extreme-range Non-imaging Analysis (XENA) program on Feb. 25, 2026 to develop kilometer-range X-ray imaging algorithms.
The effort will build software and run simulations to reconstruct hidden geometry of man-made objects from distances approaching a kilometer, with testing in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Atlanta, Georgia. The BBN-led team includes Georgia Institute of Technology.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) said Raytheon ELCAN won a production contract to supply a customised Specter® DR 1-4x weapon sight to the German Armed Forces as part of Germany's soldier modernization program.
The bespoke configuration integrates an Aimpoint® reflex sight and builds on European orders exceeding 100,000 units since August 2024, with total value above €193 million.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) is investing $200 million to add a seventh isothermal forging press at its Columbus Forge in Columbus, Georgia, expanding output of rotating compressor and turbine disks by 30%. The new press is expected online in 2028 and supports GTF, F135 and other engine programs.
This follows a recent $70 million, 81,000-square-foot GTF MRO expansion that increased annual capacity by more than 25%. The Columbus campus employs over 2,600 people and the company says it has invested over $1 billion in Columbus since 2008.
Collins Aerospace (NYSE: RTX) demonstrated its Sidekick mission autonomy software in a successful test flight of General Atomics' YFQ-42A uncrewed jet on Feb. 20, 2026.
The test engaged autonomy mode for a four-hour autonomous flight managed by a ground operator, showing integration with the YFQ-42A mission systems and support for the U.S. Air Force Collaborative Combat Aircraft Increment 1 program.