Raytheon Technologies, High-Payoff/High-Risk R&D
by Samuele Lilliu | 9 August 2021
Bradford Tousley, VP of Raytheon ACT talks about the history of Raytheon and some of the new military tech developed for the USA DoD.
- Client: Raytheon Technologies, Forbes
- Budget: £7000
- Location: Cambridge, Raytheon USA
- Featuring: Bradford Tousley
- Producer: Samuele Lilliu
- Director of Photography: Samuele Lilliu
- Camera operator: Samuele Lilliu, Raytheon comms team
- Editor: Samuele Lilliu
- Crew: Samuele Lilliu, Raytheon comms team
- Featured in: Forbes - ‘High Risk, High Payoff’ Inside ACT, Raytheon’s Extreme Research Division
- DOI: https://scivpro.com/manuscript/10_32386_scivpro_000026/
- Transcript: Raytheon Technologies, High-Payoff/High-Risk R&D
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- Software: Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, Audition, After Effects
In this interview hosted by Dr Samuele Lilliu, Bradford Tousley, vice president of Advanced Concepts & Technology for Raytheon Intelligence & Space, discusses the history of Raytheon Technologies and some of the advancements, including quantum computing, ARAKNID, DyNAMO, directed energy weapons, digital engineering, and synthetic biology, which will enable US forces and allies to maintain full-spectrum dominance in the battlespace in the near future.
As the vice president of Advanced Concepts & Technology for Raytheon Intelligence & Space, Bradford Tousley leads an innovative technology incubator inside Raytheon Technologies, which focusses on high-reward/high-risk disruptive technologies for the defense industry.
This is another example of a professional remote video podcast production, involving a collaboration between my team and the comms team at Raytheon in USA. This is part of the short setup guide I prepared for the team:
Following the final video release I co-authored a press release for Forbes with David Hambling.




