{"id":249234,"date":"2025-11-07T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249234\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:55:07","slug":"raf-high-wycombe-space-mission-with-us-company-analysts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/249234\/","title":{"rendered":"RAF High Wycombe space mission with US company analysts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Raytheon UK, a branch of RTX, which describes itself as &#8216;the world&#8217;s largest aerospace and defense company&#8217; stated that it has been awarded a contract to provide analysts in support of the UK&#8217;s Space Domain Awareness mission.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The analysts from the Virginia-headquartered company will be based at a National Space Operations Centre facility at Royal Air Force Base High Wycombe according to an RTX press release.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The company stated that it will be delivering an analysis and response capability that underpins the UK&#8217;s growing leadership in space operations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bucksfreepress.co.uk\/news\/25602230.conservation-boss-cites-100m-bucks-hs2-bat-tunnel-saying-shift-needed\/?ref=ial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conservation boss cites \u00a3100m Bucks HS2 bat tunnel saying shift needed<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  James Gray, chief executive and managing director of Raytheon UK, said: &#8220;Our orbital analysts are among the most capable in the industry.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We&#8217;ve invested heavily in developing this talent, particularly in the North-East, as part of our continued support of space domain awareness.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Space domain awareness is the understanding of space, including the tracking and monitoring of objects like satellites and debris.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Raython UK stated that this &#8216;remains a vital national capability, ensuring the UK can operate safely, securely and confidently in an increasingly contested space environment&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It added that it helps to &#8216;ensure the country remains at the forefront of global leadership in space operations and innovation&#8217;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Angus Stewart, head of the National Space Operations Centre, said: &#8220;Our continued partnership with Raytheon allows us to deliver key components of the National Space Operations Centre operations, analysis and response capability &#8211; clearly signalling our commitment to safeguarding UK and allied interests in an increasingly complex orbital environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raytheon UK, a branch of RTX, which describes itself as &#8216;the world&#8217;s largest aerospace and defense company&#8217; stated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[90,416,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-249234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-space","8":"tag-science","9":"tag-space","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}