85%
of our technical staff hold advanced degrees
As a key innovation hub for RTX, the RTX Technology Research Center takes on the toughest challenges, pushing the limits of technology and science while delivering era defining innovations in aviation and defense.
For over 95 years, RTRC has operated as a multidisciplinary team of experts, driving groundbreaking advancements.
The research center collaborates with RTX businesses, universities, national laboratories, and small businesses to transform cutting-edge research into technologies that connect and protect our world.
Key facts
RTRC includes some of the world’s leading scientists, researchers and engineers.
69%
hold doctorates
200+
U.S. patents secured every year on average
330+
employees
RTRC major research areas
The RTRC is primarily focused on six major areas of research that are aligned to RTX’s companywide technology strategy and road maps.
Complex integrated systems
Delivering innovative product solutions with advanced system design and engineering tools.
- Rapid and rigorous design exploration
- Design for transient and off‑design operations
- System solutions that decrease cost and
enhance performance
Advanced materials and manufacturing
Revolutionary materials and fabrication methods for performance-critical applications.
- High-temperature and lightweight structural materials
- Customized, durable coatings
- Additive and convergent manufacturing
- Model-aided design of materials, processes and structures
Model-based digital thread
Connecting data, processes and models across the entire life cycle, with a seamless flow of digital information.
- Model-based, integrated, and collaborative and connected development environments
- Model‑based definition, manufacturing and inspection
Artificial intelligence systems
Transformative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and methods that can enhance safety-critical aerospace and defense operations.
- Foundational models
- Vision-image intelligence
- Embedded AI
- Collaborative autonomy
- Human-machine symbiosis
- AI assurance
Electrification and efficiency
Next-generation systems designed to power advanced mission capabilities.
- Advanced propulsion cycles
- Power generation, distribution, protection and conversion
- Energy storage and alternate fuels
Disruptive technologies
Groundbreaking innovations that feed the pipeline of transformative technologies for RTX.
- Microsystems
- Devices and materials for extreme environments
- Rotating detonation engines
- Sensing and computing using quantum and neuromorphic technologies
“When you look at all the aerospace and defense applications we work on, it doesn't get any more exciting than that. And when you look at the advanced technologies we have been and will be working on in the future across the company, I couldn’t find a better place to work.”
Andreas Roelofs
RTX Vice President
Research & Development
Director RTRC
