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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.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) announced that the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has validated type certification for the GTF Advantage engine, enabling entry into service in 2026. The engine received U.S. FAA certification earlier in 2025. The GTF Advantage offers 4% more takeoff thrust at sea level and 8% more at high altitude, improved fuel efficiency, and a more durable configuration delivering up to double the time on wing. It is fully intermixable and interchangeable with the current GTF model and is planned to become the production standard. Pratt & Whitney also announced Hot Section Plus (HS+), an upgrade for existing GTF engines that provides 90–95% of the Advantage's durability benefits.
Collins Aerospace (NYSE: RTX) on Oct 15, 2025 expanded its FlightAware AeroAPI to provide broader, easier access to historical flight data.
Data now available through the AeroAPI extends back to January 2011 and covers airports, operators and city pairs, with advanced filtering and intuitive categorization to support flight planning, resource management, maintenance scheduling and competitive analysis.
The update targets operators, flight departments and technology providers seeking deeper historic trends or granular queries to improve operational performance and efficiency.
Pratt & Whitney (NYSE: RTX) reports its PW800 turbofan has surpassed 600,000 flying hours powering Gulfstream G500 (in service 2018), G600 (2019) and Dassault Falcon 6X (2023). More than 700 engines serve 250 operators, the company says.
The PW800 offers double-digit fuel-burn and noise improvements versus prior-generation engines, can operate on a 50% SAF blend, and claims dispatch reliability >99.98%. Pratt & Whitney reports the engine requires 40% less scheduled maintenance and 20% fewer inspections than peers. In 2025 the company expanded PW800 MRO capacity with new MTU shop in Berlin-Brandenburg and an added high-speed line in Burlington, Vermont, while keeping Bridgeport, West Virginia operational.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) broke ground on a $53 million, 23,000 square-foot expansion of its Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) production facility in Andover, Massachusetts on Oct. 15, 2025. The expansion adds capacity enhancements to accelerate delivery of next-generation LTAMDS radars, which are designed to counter advanced threats including hypersonic weapons.
The Andover campus, opened in 1980, currently performs Patriot testing and serves as the final integration point for U.S. and international LTAMDS customers; construction is scheduled to conclude in late 2026.
Collins Aerospace (NYSE: RTX) announced its Venue™ smart monitor integrated with Airshow® HD will enter service on a Dassault Falcon 7X in November 2025. Dassault Falcon Jet's Little Rock service center will install two Venue smart monitors into the cabin bulkhead.
The standalone IFE solution provides 4K/ultra‑high‑definition video, flight information, streaming entertainment, touchscreen options, and a mobile Airshow HD app. Venue is offered in five sizes and is designed to reduce hardware, lower aircraft power consumption, simplify maintenance, and support phased upgrade paths. Demos are at RTX booth #2245 at NBAA 2025 in Las Vegas.
Pratt & Whitney Canada (NYSE: RTX) announced its PT6 E-Series turboprop family surpassed 500,000 flight hours since entering service in 2020, with more than 700 engines in service worldwide as of Oct 14, 2025.
The PT6 E-Series powers the Daher TBM 960 and Pilatus PC-12 NGX/PRO and is the first GA turboprop with a dual-channel integrated electronic propeller and engine control for single-lever operation, reduced pilot workload, continuous digital optimization, fuel savings across mission profiles, and improved performance metrics versus the original PT6.
Textron Aviation unveiled the new Cessna Citation Ascend at the NBAA meeting on Oct 14, 2025, powered by twin PW545D engines from Pratt & Whitney, a business of RTX (NYSE: RTX).
The PW545D features FADEC enabling auto-throttle integration, compressor and turbine efficiency improvements to lower fuel burn and reduce operating temperatures.
Pratt & Whitney Canada has produced more than 5,300 PW500 engines, with nearly 4,900 still flying and the PW500 family logging 27 million flight hours across seven aircraft models in 71 countries.
RTX (NYSE: RTX) said Pratt & Whitney Canada signed a 14-year maintenance and support agreement with Lufthansa Airlines and Austrian Airlines on Oct. 14, 2025. The deal covers 41 APS5000 auxiliary power units installed on the two airlines' combined Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet.
The APS5000 delivers 450 kVA at sea level, starts and operates up to 43,100 ft, and is described as the quietest, lowest-emission APU in its class. Pratt & Whitney Canada noted >1,400 APS5000 units built and nearly 16 million flight hours flown. The maintenance plan is described as flexible, cost-predictable, and aimed at maximizing performance and maintenance intervals.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) has begun initial production of SharpSight, a multi-domain surveillance radar announced on October 13, 2025. SharpSight combines Raytheon's HISAR and SeaVue radar families to deliver high-altitude, real-time, high-resolution imaging and wide-area search and tracking for land and maritime missions.
The system supports day/night, all-weather operations, rapid integration on manned and unmanned platforms, an open architecture for inexpensive upgrades, and is designed for export under current U.S. government guidance.
Raytheon (NYSE: RTX) was selected by the German government on Oct. 8, 2025 to provide the SPY-6(V)1 radar for installation on eight F127 frigates under a requested U.S. Navy foreign military sales contract.
SPY-6(V)1 is configured with four array faces, each containing 37 radar modular assemblies, delivering continuous 360-degree situational awareness and air-and-missile defense. Germany will be the first international customer for SPY-6. The radar and related adaptation, support, and services will be produced and integrated at Raytheon’s Andover, Massachusetts radar development facility, a 30,000-square-foot vertically integrated site supporting round-the-clock testing and production.
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