Raytheon to establish software team for UAV multi-spectral sensors

Raytheon is establishing a dedicated software team to support multi-spectral targeting sensors on the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper medium-range attack unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Officials of the U.S. Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, announced a $12.6 million contract to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems in McKinney, Texas, to develop, field, and sustain Medium Altitude Long Endurance Tactical Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems software.