RTX Corporation reports aerospace and defense developments across Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon. News commonly covers Collins avionics, commercial aviation radars, satellite and secure communications components, and multi-domain security solutions; Pratt & Whitney commercial and military engine production, including GTF, F135 and F100 programs; and Raytheon defense systems such as SeaRAM, SharpSight radars, missile-warning sensors, air and missile defense, advanced sensors and space-based systems.
Company updates also include earnings releases, backlog and cash-flow commentary, dividend actions, facility investments and production-capacity expansions tied to commercial aerospace and defense demand. Contract announcements and customer program awards provide recurring detail on RTX's role as a supplier to military, civil aviation and allied defense markets.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) will release its fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings results on Tuesday, January 27, 2026 before the market opens.
A conference call to discuss the results and the company's outlook for 2026 is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. ET. The call will be webcast live on the company website and will be available for replay, with a presentation available for download prior to the call.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) said Collins Aerospace was awarded a $438 million FAA contract on January 5, 2026 to support the Radar System Replacement program, part of the Department of Transportation's Brand New Air Traffic Control System.
Collins will deliver next‑generation cooperative and non‑cooperative radars including the Condor Mk3 and ASR‑XM, qualified through prior test‑site certification, to replace multiple legacy systems with a unified architecture intended to enhance safety, improve efficiency, and reduce long‑term costs. The release notes more than 550 RTX radar systems already operate in the national airspace, providing a foundation for large‑scale modernization.
RTX (NYSE:RTX) announced a $1.7 billion foreign military sales contract to deliver four Patriot air and missile defense systems to Spain, announced Dec 23, 2025. The award covers radars, launchers, command-and-control stations, and training equipment.
The contract is described as Spain's largest Patriot order and notes collaboration with local industry, including Sener for GEM-T missile electro-mechanical controls. Patriot is presented as a combat-proven, long-range air and missile defense system deployed by 19 countries.
Collins Aerospace (NYSE: RTX) unveiled a compact Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) ground solution on Dec. 22, 2025 at the U.S. Army All-Domain Persistent Experiment at White Sands Missile Range.
The CMOSS Mounted Form Factor (CMFF) card is the company's smallest APNT ground solution, designed for portable, modular integration on ground, robotic and autonomous vehicles and demonstrated resilient navigation in denied and degraded GPS environments using Military-code GPS and fused internal/external sensors.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) announced on Dec. 19, 2025 that it received a U.S. Air Force contract to equip the autonomous X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) with a PhantomStrike radar.
PhantomStrike is described as a compact, air-cooled fire-control radar using GaN that is smaller, lighter and lower-power than modern AESA radars, with digital beam forming, multimode air and ground targeting, and a company claim of delivering similar capability at nearly half the cost of typical fire-control radars.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) was awarded a $168 million foreign military sales contract to supply Romania with equipment for the Patriot air and missile defense system.
The order covers a radar, command-and-control system, launchers, and miscellaneous support and test equipment. This is Romania's second Patriot order within one year. Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain also placed Patriot orders in 2025.
The release emphasizes Patriot's combat-proven status and role as the foundation of air defense for 19 countries, highlighting interoperability and collective security in Europe.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) announced a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to advance satellite data processing, mission control, and space mission management. The collaboration will deploy scalable cloud solutions using AWS AI/ML services, AWS Outpost edge capabilities, serverless technologies, and tools like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock to improve mission data processing, constellation command-and-control, and rapid capability delivery.
The companies said they are actively executing programs for government and commercial customers to reduce mission costs, increase flexibility, and accelerate operational delivery.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) was awarded a $1.6 billion undefinitized contract action on Dec. 2, 2025 to sustain the F135 engines that power all three F-35 variants. The award funds depot maintenance, spare parts replenishment, material management, propulsion integration, engineering support and software sustainment for U.S. and international customers.
The sustainment network covers multiple global depots, 39 bases and 12 ships, and builds on delivery of more than 1,300 F135 production engines. The work is positioned to support F-35 readiness and enable the F135 Engine Core Upgrade using the existing sustainment infrastructure.
Raytheon-Rafael joint venture (RTX) was awarded a $1.25 billion direct commercial sales contract to supply Tamir surface-to-air missiles, missile kits and test equipment to Israel on Nov 21, 2025.
The companies invested $33 million to open a new production facility in East Camden, Arkansas earlier this month. The Camden site is the first U.S. all-up-round production facility for Tamir and the U.S. variant SkyHunter, supporting Israel Missile Defense Organization serial production and the U.S. Marine Corps' MRIC program.
The announcement is the first production contract for the R2S joint venture and notes Iron Dome operational history, including an operational success rate cited above 95%.
RTX (NYSE:RTX) partner Collins Aerospace and the Royal Netherlands Air and Space Force have signed a multi-decade government-owned, contractor-operated contract to build a military avionics service center in the Netherlands to support European F-35 and CH-47F fleets.
The center will provide repair expertise, depot technology, repair supply-chain management and will complement Pratt & Whitney's F135 engine depot and Collins' F-35 pilot readiness center. Initial depot capability is expected in 2026.