President Donald Trump threatened to cut federal defense contracts awarded to Raytheon unless the company increases production and redirects capital toward manufacturing capacity. The comments come amid growing concerns about the health of the domestic defense industrial base, with Pentagon officials and lawmakers warning that US weapons production has failed to keep pace with rising global demand.
Spain has acquired four Patriot fire units for $1.7 billion, as confirmed by RTX's Raytheon, and 200 F-404 engine fans for its F/A-18 fleet from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The deals follow Spain's recent defense shopping spree, which allocated €3.
Raytheon has successfully tested a reusable version of its Coyote counter-drone system for the US Army, aiming at a problem commanders increasingly worry about: how to fight a drone swarm without relying on large numbers expensive interceptors. The system can defeat drone swarms without relying on expensive interceptors and was tested during Operation Clear Horizon trials in October 2025.