RTX's Raytheon completes critical milestone for VIIRS program

Company completes thermal vacuum testing of the fourth sensor EL SEGUNDO, Calif., April 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX business (NYSE: RTX), has completed a major test milestone on its latest Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) sensor. The VIIRS instrument observes and collects global environmental data that spans visible and infrared wavelengths across land, ocean, and atmosphere and is a pivotal part of the NASA-NOAA Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of satellites.  VII ...