• RTX’s Raytheon completed a preliminary design review for NASA’s Landsat Next Instrument Suite, clearing a key development milestone for the space-based Earth-observation sensors.
• The multispectral imager is designed to more than double current spatial resolution, capture twice the number of spectral bands, and improve the quality of data used in areas such as water quality monitoring, crop optimization, and climate research.
• The first LandIS sensor delivery is expected in 2028, positioning Raytheon for follow-on work as Landsat Next extends the long-running satellite record of Earth’s land surface.

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