Raytheon UK has unveiled Red Kite, its first sovereign precision weapon fully designed and digitally engineered in the UK. The company is aiming to position itself to expand its role as a design authority for the Royal Air Force (RAF) beyond its long-running Paveway IV programme. The weapon was formally announced during Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2026, following an embargoed briefing for journalists at Raytheon UK’s Harlow site. Built on an established airframeRed Kite reuses the airframe of Raytheon’s Stormbreaker, the glide bomb already integrated on the F-35B, F/A-18 and F-15, which is manufactured in Europe before