New sensors to improve frequency and quality of imagery EL SEGUNDO, Calif., June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, was awarded a $506 million contract from NASA to design and build the Landsat Next Instrument Suite (LandIS), which includes three next generation space instruments, with an option for an additional instrument. The instrument suite will perform Earth observation from three identical observatories from Low-Earth orbit. Through multispectral imaging technology, LandI ...