# Raytheon Wins DARPA Contract to Develop Optical Signal Processing

By Simon Yoon

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Published: 2026-11-04T08:37:50.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-04T08:37:50.000Z
Section: Technology

> The technology could speed military threat detection and response.

Raytheon has won a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop optical signal-processing technology that could speed military threat detection and response.

“By moving critical processing entirely into the optical domain, we can enable significantly faster response times for a broad range of applications,” said Colin Whelan, president of Advanced Technology at Raytheon.