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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) affiliate Blue Canyon Technologies supplied a Saturn-200 minisatellite that launched in support of NASA's Pandora mission on Jan. 14, 2026. Pandora will observe transits to study atmospheres of at least 20 exoplanets, focusing on hydrogen- or water-dominated atmospheres.
Blue Canyon provided the bus platform, launch vehicle integration, and post-launch bus commissioning; the flight carries the largest telescope payload ever integrated on a Blue Canyon spacecraft. Pandora is led by NASA Goddard and managed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The launch brings Blue Canyon's total launched spacecraft to 87 units.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) received an unsolicited "mini-tender" offer from Tutanota LLC to buy up to 500,000 shares of RTX common stock at $130.00 per share. The offer represents less than 0.04% of outstanding shares and is conditioned on the closing price exceeding $130.00 on the last trading day before expiration and on Tutanota obtaining financing.
The $130.00 price is about 24.02% below the December 5, 2025 close ($171.10) and about 31.72% below the January 6, 2026 close ($190.40). RTX recommends shareholders do not tender, notes shareholders may withdraw already-tendered shares, and warns the offer may provide fewer investor protections than larger tender offers; the offer currently expires at 5:00 p.m. EST on January 12, 2026.
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) completed a major review of its new Advanced Electronic Warfare (ADVEW) prototype for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet on Sept. 22, 2025.
The review validated prototype software development, integration with flight-representative hardware and self-protect subsystems, and alignment with government reference architecture. Raytheon completed a Test Plan Working Group and plans further demonstrations and delivery of shipsets for government integration testing on the Navy's accelerated fielding timeline.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) is developing a new family of small engines scalable from 500 to 1,800 pounds of thrust intended to power munitions and Collaborative Combat Aircraft. The program is led by the company's GATORWORKS team, which emphasized development speed and affordability and plans to leverage additive manufacturing and common architecture to shorten development and production timelines. A second series of tests is scheduled for early 2026 to validate key design features. The engine family will be offered to both domestic and international customers.
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