RTX is investing $100 million to expand a Raytheon facility in Rhode Island as demand for air and missile defense systems continues to rise.
The investment will increase testing capacity for the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS) radar and boost production of Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile-Tactical (GEM-T) components at the company’s Portsmouth site.
The project will support additional testing of LTAMDS, a next-generation radar designed to detect and track advanced threats, including hypersonic weapons. The company is currently under contract to provide LTAMDS systems to the US Army and Poland…