Raytheon is pitching a new approach for co-ordinating two currently difficult missions using aircraft to provide close air support to ground troops in close contact with enemy forces, and engaging pop-up targets.

Raytheon Company has made early delivery of a radar Mission Systems Integration Laboratory (MSIL) to Boeing for the Navy's P-8A MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) program.

Raytheon Aircraft is believed to be planning a new derivative of its Hawker 800 to fill the product gap between the newly certificated Hawker 850XP mid-size jet and the large cabin light jet Hawker 400XP.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raytheon Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. reported greater-than-ex pected profit increases on Thursday as the top-tier defense contractors benefited from strong U.S. government spending on military electronics and civilian technology projects.

By Kate Sarsfield at Farnborough air show Raytheon unveiled at the show a light combat version of its T-6B military trainer, called the AT-6. The aircraft will be equipped with a variety of quick-change plug-and-play mission modules for a variety of roles in a "network centric environment&quo t;, the company says.

One of the industry teams vying for the U.S. Joint Cargo Aircraft has struck a deal with the Army on maintenance and logistics for the project.