BOSTON Raytheon Co.'s third-quarter profit rose 41 percent on increased sales of aircraft and systems to coordinate battle operations. The world's fifth-largest defense contractor raised it...

As the AOPA Expo kicked off Thursday in sunny Palm Springs, Calif., Cessna Aircraft and Raytheon Aircraft announced 2007 upgrades to their single-engine aircraft. More than 500 exhibits and seminars on topics such as flight safety, medical certification and aircraft ownership are part of the expo, which runs through Saturday...

Equity firms bidding on Kansas division November 25, 2006 Raytheon Co. of Waltham is close to an agreement to sell its largest nondefense business, Raytheon Aircraft Co., to a private equity firm and is ...Comment

Iranian Tu-154M crashes Accident A Tupolev Tu-154M operated by Iran Air Tours caught fire on landing at Mashad on 1 September after a flight from Bandar Abbas. The 18-year-old trijet was one of a dozen operated by the holiday flights division of flag carrier Iran Air. As Flight International closed for press there were indications that up to 50 of the around 150 people on board may have survived. Iran Air Tours lost another Tu-154 four years ago after the aircraft came down in a mountainous area near Khorramabad, killing all on board. Wing cracks prompt Beech 1900 EAD Safety The US Federal Aviation Administration has issued an emergency airworthiness directive (EAD) affecting all Raytheon Beech 1900 series aircraft as a result of "significa nt" wing spar cracks being found in two 1900Ds. The EAD requires a detailed inspection at 17,000h time in service and again after every 3,000h.

Raytheon Company's (NYSE:RTN) Cobra Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) is the third unmanned aircraft and the first of its size to receive an Experimental Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Cobra is a low-cost, highly reliable UAS designed to support Raytheon's development, integration and test of unmanned systems technologies... .

A special 60th anniversary package was revealed yesterday by Raytheon Aircraft for 2007 model-year Beechcraft Bonanza G36s. The anniversary editions will come with several upgrades, including a redesigned sidewall that offers more space and comfort, leather seats tailored with a combination of embossed stingray and wheat leather, removable headrest covers embossed with the Bonanza shield, leather-wrapped control wheels, tweed carpet and a sculpted 60th anniversary entry mat. Raytheon said the exterior will preserve the Bonanza legacy, while advancing technology and design with specially formulated paints.

A new remote "cockpit&q uot; has been developed to give operators of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) a better view of what is going on around the aircraft.