Raytheon completes first flight test of RAIVEN sensing system on Black Hawk

RTX's Raytheon completes first flight test for RAIVEN® sensing system

April 15, 2026   Next-generation intelligent sensor provides superior situational awareness  ARLINGTON, Va., April 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has successfully completed the first flight test of its RAIVEN® Staring system, an air-cooled sensor suite that delivers greater situational awareness and operator survivability, on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. During the test, the system, which included three sensors,…

Raytheon Nails First Flight Test for Its North Texas-Produced RAIVEN Sensing System

Dallas Innovates, Every Day: Here's what's new + next in North Texas. When military pilots patrol the skies over hostile territory, identifying threats isn’t just critical—it’s a life-or-death mission. Now a new AI-powered sensor system produced at Raytheon’s campus in McKinney, north of Dallas, aims to give those pilots a technologically game-changing edge—and the system just passed a big test.…The post Raytheon Nails First Flight Test for Its …

Raytheon completes first flight test of RAIVEN sensing system on Black Hawk

During the flight, the air-cooled sensor suite, equipped with three sensors, mapped urban areas, marshes and coastlines in zero illumination. The system also achieved 270-degree situational awareness during the test. RAIVEN Staring is part of the broader RAIVEN electro-optical and infrared product family and is designed to be platform agnostic. The system features an open architecture that allows for integration across air, ground and maritime p…