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Raytheon was established in 1922, reincorporated in 1928, and adopted the Raytheon Company name in 1959. More than 90% of Raytheon's revenues were obtained from military contracts and, as of 2012, it was the fifth-largest military contractor in the world. [4]
RTX Corporation, formerly Raytheon Technologies Corporation, [3] [4] is an American multinational aerospace and defense conglomerate headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.It is one of the largest aerospace and defense manufacturers in the world by revenue and market capitalization, as well as one of the largest providers of intelligence services.
Raytheon Technologies (RTX) is born as United Technologies' aerospace business and Raytheon Company combine. The resultant company will be one of the big players in the defense and government markets.
Raytheon then owned TI's mercury cadmium telluride detector business and infrared (IR) systems group. In California, it also had Hughes infrared detector and an IR systems business. When again the US government forced Raytheon to divest itself of a duplicate capability, the company kept the TI IR systems business and the Hughes detector business.
The market doesn't seem to like the merger of equals that Raytheon (NYSE:RTN) and United Technologies (NYSE:UTX) presented on June 9. Shares initially popped on the news, but have come down as a ...
United Technologies Corp agreed on Sunday to combine its aerospace business with U.S. contractor Raytheon Co and create a new company worth about $121 billion, in what would be the sector's ...
Raytheon acquired an 80% interest in Websense in April 2015 for $1.9 billion and acquired the remaining 20% interest in 2019. In 2015, Websense acquired network security vendor Stonesoft from Intel and in 2016, the company was renamed Forcepoint. Francisco Partners acquired the company from Raytheon successor RTX Corporation in January 2021.
Raytheon is restructuring. On Monday, the defense contractor announced plans to consolidate its businesses and streamline operations. Effective April 1, Raytheon intends to run four main divisions ...