RTX is involved in the production of the Sentinel ICBM and the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapons system as well as the sustainment of the Minuteman programme for the U.S. arsenal.
Nuclear weapons
Under a $2 billion six-year contract awarded in 2021 by the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, RTX is developing the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapons system.[i]
Collins Aerospace, an RTX unit, will build the secondary launch platform-airborne system for the Sentinel, the new U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile.[ii] This key component for nuclear weapons command and control also works with the existing Minuteman III system.[iii]
Collins Aerospace also has two outstanding contracts for work on the Very-Low Frequency (VLF) communications system for nuclear weapons command and control, with a combined potential value of more than $213 million.[iv] The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center also awarded Raytheon a ten-year, $625 million contract to support the Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program for the command of nuclear forces.[v]
In 2022, RTX also received a £160 million contract to train the crew of the UK Dreadnought nuclear-armed submarine at HM Naval Base Clyde.[vi]
[i] Contracts for July 1, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2680485// (Accessed: 20 October 2025); ‘LRSO Nuclear Missile’s Development Extended, Funding Deferred.’ AIR & SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE, 23 March 2024. Available at: LRSO Nuclear Missile’s Development Extended, Funding Deferred.
[ii] LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (2024) | Airforce Technology. Available at: LGM-35A Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, USA.
[iii] Colton Jones, ‘Northrop Grumman selects Collins Aerospace to deliver launch platform for ICBM modernization program’, DEFENSE BLOG, 10 November 2020. Available at: Northrop Grumman selects Collins Aerospace to deliver launch platform for ICBM modernization program.
[iv] CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending, 22 February 2022. Available at: CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending (Accessed: 20 October 2025);
Contracts for February 22, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 20 October 2025);
CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending, 30 June 2021. Available at: CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending (Accessed: 20 October 2025);
Contracts for September 28, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 20 October 2025).
[v] CONTRACT to RAYTHEON COMPANY. | USAspending, 30 June 2023. Available at: IDV to RAYTHEON COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 20 October 2025);
‘Raytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s’. DEFENSE DAILY, 29 June 2023. Available at: Raytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s - Defense Daily.
[vi] More than £2 billion to boost UK submarine programme. Government of the United Kingdom, 9 may 2022. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-than-2-billion-to-boost-uk-submarine-programme.
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