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Reuters • Rajesh Kumar Singh,

GE Aerospace and RTX Brace for 2025 Tariff Impact, Anticipate Cost Increases

GE Aerospace and RTX predict significant financial strains due to imposed tariffs, projecting hundreds of millions in expenses for 2025. GE plans to counterbalance this through operations streamlining, customer surcharge implementation, and seeking refunds on certain duties, maintaining optimistic profit forecasts despite economic challenges.

2025-04-22T04:32:15.620632-07:00

Reuters

RTX Q1 2025: Strong Aviation Demand Offsets Defense Weakness Amid Tariff Pressures

2025-04-22T04:32:16.471427-07:00

Associated Press

US Clears $3.5B AIM-120C-8 Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia Ahead of Trump's Middle East Trip

2025-05-02T20:03:34.997720-07:00

FlightGlobal

airBaltic Scraps 4,670 Summer 2025 Flights Over A220 P&W Engine Delays

2025-01-02T01:40:53.066293-08:00

RTX News Timeline

Breaking Defense

RTX expands UAE defense manufacturing with local gallium JV and Coyote counter-UAS plant RTX, alongside Tawazun Council and Emirates Global Aluminium, has signed an MoU to establish Abu Dhabi as the world’s second-largest gallium producer, securing a critical metal for advanced radars and semiconductors. Simultaneously, it launched a Coyote counter-UAS production and assembly facility at Tawazun Industrial Park to localize drone defense manufacturing.

2025-05-16T09:22:24.808931-07:00

RTX expands UAE defense manufacturing with local gallium JV and Coyote counter-UAS plant

Breaking Defense

Trump, Qatar sign $2B MQ-9B and $1B counter-drone deals President Trump and Qatar’s Emir signed final agreements for the $1.96 billion sale of eight MQ-9B Predator B drones and a $1 billion counter-drone systems package, advancing Qatar’s surveillance and C-UAS capabilities while signaling U.S. intent to accelerate defense exports and strengthen Gulf security ties.

2025-05-14T10:11:23.447442-07:00

Trump, Qatar sign $2B MQ-9B and $1B counter-drone deals

Sandboxx

US Navy Integrates Raytheon Coyote and Anduril Roadrunner-M Loitering Interceptors for Carrier Defense Under the Navy’s Rapid Prototyping Program, carrier strike groups will be armed with Raytheon’s Coyote and Anduril’s Roadrunner-M loitering interceptors. The air-launched drones autonomously patrol maritime airspace to identify, track and neutralize incoming threats, reinforcing carriers’ layered defense against anti-access and aerial attacks.

2025-05-09T05:58:44.255998-07:00

US Navy Integrates Raytheon Coyote and Anduril Roadrunner-M Loitering Interceptors for Carrier Defense

FlightGlobal

Raytheon Advances with First Flight Test of PhantomStrike AESA Radar RTX business Raytheon has completed the inaugural flight test of its PhantomStrike lightweight, fully air-cooled AESA fire-control radar on its Multi-Program Testbed in Ontario, California. The test demonstrated long-range threat detection, multiple target tracking and terrain mapping ahead of delivery to Polish FA-50PL jets.

2025-05-06T20:18:41.360835-07:00

Raytheon Advances with First Flight Test of PhantomStrike AESA Radar

Associated Press

US Clears $3.5B AIM-120C-8 Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia Ahead of Trump's Middle East Trip The State Department has granted initial approval for a $3.5 billion Foreign Military Sale of 1,000 AIM-120C-8 air-to-air missiles, guidance kits and support to Saudi Arabia’s fighter fleet. The deal, one of the largest AMRAAM packages to date, will be highlighted during President Trump's upcoming regional visit.

2025-05-02T20:03:34.997720-07:00

US Clears $3.5B AIM-120C-8 Missile Sale to Saudi Arabia Ahead of Trump's Middle East Trip

Janes

US Clears Sale of 400 AIM-120D3 AMRAAMs to Poland Under $1.3 Billion FMS Deal The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale of 400 RTX-manufactured AIM-120D3 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles to Poland, enhancing Warsaw’s stockpiles for its newly arriving F-35 Lightning II fleet. The order follows last year’s $1.7 billion approval for 745 missiles.

2025-04-30T04:16:05.587126-07:00

US Clears Sale of 400 AIM-120D3 AMRAAMs to Poland Under $1.3 Billion FMS Deal

FlightGlobal

US State Department Greenlights $1.33 Billion AMRAAM Deal with Poland The US State Department has approved a potential $1.33 billion Foreign Military Sale to Poland for AIM-120D Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles and related equipment. This deal enhances Poland's air defense capabilities amid Russia's geopolitical maneuvers in the region.

2025-04-29T20:13:36.859385-07:00

US State Department Greenlights $1.33 Billion AMRAAM Deal with Poland

intellinews.com

Romania Expands Defense Capabilities with $280M Patriot System Acquisition Romania's defense capabilities are set to be bolstered with the State Department's approval of a $280 million Foreign Military Sale of Patriot Air Defense Systems. The purchase, including related equipment, involves primary contractors Lockheed Martin and RTX and complements Romania's ongoing military infrastructure investments.

2025-04-29T05:33:37.767058-07:00

Romania Expands Defense Capabilities with $280M Patriot System Acquisition