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Raytheon Completes First Flight Test for Raiven Sensing System
New air-cooled sensor suite delivers greater situational awareness and operator survivability.
Apr. 15, 2026 at 9:07pm
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The RAIVEN Staring system's advanced sensor suite delivers enhanced situational awareness and operator survivability in challenging environments.McKinney TodayRaytheon, an 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, accurately mapped urban landscape, marshes and coastline in zero illumination and with 270-degree situational awareness.
Why it matters
The RAIVEN Staring system represents a significant advancement in electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) technology, providing operators with increased visibility in a variety of degraded visual environments, terrains and battle scenarios. Its open systems architecture and customizable design make it a versatile solution for missions across air, ground and sea.
The details
The RAIVEN Staring system is part of Raytheon's RAIVEN product family, a next-generation EO/IR solution that is platform agnostic, scalable and customizable. The system can support up to a spherical 360-degree field of view, which significantly improves the speed and accuracy of object detection, recognition and identification. The sensors are produced in McKinney, Texas, and additional flight tests will take place throughout 2026.
- The first flight test of the RAIVEN Staring system was successfully completed on April 15, 2026.
- Additional flight tests are planned to take place throughout 2026.
The players
Raytheon
An American aerospace and defense company that is a subsidiary of RTX Corporation.
RAIVEN Staring
Raytheon's next-generation electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor suite that delivers greater situational awareness and operator survivability.
UH-60 Black Hawk
A utility helicopter used by the United States Army and other militaries around the world.
McKinney, Texas
The location where the RAIVEN sensors are produced.
What’s next
Additional flight tests of the RAIVEN Staring system will take place throughout 2026 to further evaluate its capabilities.
The takeaway
The successful first flight test of the RAIVEN Staring system demonstrates Raytheon's continued innovation in the field of advanced sensor technology, providing military operators with enhanced situational awareness and survivability in a variety of mission environments.
