{"id":62020,"date":"2019-07-22T19:32:23","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/raytheon-uk-ministry-of-defense-develop-new-space-capabilities\/"},"modified":"2019-07-22T19:32:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T11:32:23","slug":"raytheon-uk-ministry-of-defense-develop-new-space-capabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/raytheon-uk-ministry-of-defense-develop-new-space-capabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon, UK Ministry of Defense Develop New Space Capabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raytheon<\/strong> signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the <strong>U.K. Ministry of Defense<\/strong> to join Team Artemis Industry, a collaboration between government and industry formed to fast track the launch of a small satellite constellation and enhance the U.K.\u2019s sovereign space capability. Raytheon and the U.K. MOD have previously partnered on several defense projects, including tactical airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance solutions used by the armed forces.&nbsp;Raytheon\u2019s experience in developing space systems aims to strengthen MOD\u2019s space plans and their commitment to launch a small satellite demonstrator within a year with Team ARTEMIS Industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn large part because of U.S. efforts to raise the profile of military space, allies are working hard to \u2018close the space gap,&#8217;\u201d said Air Vice-Marshal Rocky Rochelle, Royal Air Force chief of staff for capability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRaytheon provides advanced satellite-based mission planning and data processing capabilities to governments around the world,\u201d said Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services. \u201cThe collaboration between Raytheon and the U.K. Armed Forces will deliver new capabilities that directly benefit this important alliance.\u201d\u201dRaytheon has worked with the UK for decades to develop exceptional defense, aerospace and cyber capabilities,\u201d said Richard Daniel, CEO of Raytheon UK. \u201cBeing part of Team ARTEMIS Industry will only further strengthen that relationship as we work and invest to jointly develop and support the UK\u2019s space systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raytheon signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.K. Ministry of Defense to join Team Artemis Industry, a collaboration between government and industry formed to fast track the launch of a small satellite constellation and enhance the U.K.\u2019s sovereign space capability. Raytheon and the U.K. MOD have previously partnered on several defense projects, including [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}