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}} The '''Raytheon Company''' was a major [[List of United States defense contractors|U.S. defense contractor]] and industrial corporation with [[manufacturing]] concentrations in [[weapon]]s and military and commercial [[electronics]]. Founded in 1922, it merged in 2020 with [[United Technologies|United Technologies Corporation]] to form Raytheon Technologies,<ref name="Kilgore">{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/raytheon-technologies-stock-formerly-united-technologies-starts-trading-in-the-dow-friday-2020-04-03 | title=Raytheon Technologies' stock, formerly United Technologies, starts trading in | first=Tomi | last=Kilgore | work=[[MarketWatch]] | date=April 4, 2020}}</ref> which changed its name to [[RTX Corporation]] in July 2023. | }} The '''Raytheon Company''' was a major [[List of United States defense contractors|U.S. defense contractor]] and industrial corporation with [[manufacturing]] concentrations in [[weapon]]s and military and commercial [[electronics]]. Founded in 1922, it merged in 2020 with [[United Technologies|United Technologies Corporation]] to form Raytheon Technologies,<ref name="Kilgore">{{cite news | url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/raytheon-technologies-stock-formerly-united-technologies-starts-trading-in-the-dow-friday-2020-04-03 | title=Raytheon Technologies' stock, formerly United Technologies, starts trading in | first=Tomi | last=Kilgore | work=[[MarketWatch]] | date=April 4, 2020}}</ref> which changed its name to [[RTX Corporation]] in July 2023. | ||
Raytheon was established in 1922, [[Incorporation (business)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120621/DEFREG02/306210005/Defense-News-Top-100-Revenue-Declines-Just-Beginning-U-S-Budget-Cuts-Loom|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408012722/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120621/DEFREG02/306210005/Defense-News-Top-100-Revenue-Declines-Just-Beginning-U-S-Budget-Cuts-Loom|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2013|title=Defense News Top 100|access-date=2013-01-01|year=2012|publisher=Defense News Research}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, it was the third-largest [[List of United States defense contractors|defense contractor in the United States]] by defense [[revenue]].<ref>[http://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ "Top 100 for 2015."] Defense News. 2015. Retrieved on 2016-07-26.</ref> It was the world's largest producer of [[guided missile]]s, and was involved in corporate and special-mission [[aircraft]] until early 2007.<ref>[http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 Missile maker hopes to diversify, create technology for peacetime] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211203015/http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 |date=2012-02-11 }}. Sazhightechconnect.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.</ref> In 2018, the company had around 67,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of about | Raytheon was established in 1922, [[Incorporation (business)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120621/DEFREG02/306210005/Defense-News-Top-100-Revenue-Declines-Just-Beginning-U-S-Budget-Cuts-Loom|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130408012722/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120621/DEFREG02/306210005/Defense-News-Top-100-Revenue-Declines-Just-Beginning-U-S-Budget-Cuts-Loom|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2013|title=Defense News Top 100|access-date=2013-01-01|year=2012|publisher=Defense News Research}}</ref> {{As of|2015}}, it was the third-largest [[List of United States defense contractors|defense contractor in the United States]] by defense [[revenue]].<ref>[http://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ "Top 100 for 2015."] Defense News. 2015. Retrieved on 2016-07-26.</ref> It was the world's largest producer of [[guided missile]]s, and was involved in corporate and special-mission [[aircraft]] until early 2007.<ref>[http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 Missile maker hopes to diversify, create technology for peacetime] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211203015/http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 |date=2012-02-11 }}. Sazhightechconnect.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.</ref> In 2018, the company had around 67,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of about US$25.35 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/RTN:US |title=Raytheon|website=Fortune|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref> | ||
Over the years, Raytheon shifted its headquarters among various Massachusetts locations: [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] from 1922 to 1928; [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] until 1941; [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]] until 1961; and finally, [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] until 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor.raytheon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/new-raytheon-headquarters-open-oct-27-waltham-mass|title=New Raytheon Headquarters to Open Oct. 27 in Waltham, Mass.|date=2003-10-22|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> | Over the years, Raytheon shifted its headquarters among various Massachusetts locations: [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]] from 1922 to 1928; [[Newton, Massachusetts|Newton]] until 1941; [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]] until 1961; and finally, [[Lexington, Massachusetts|Lexington]] until 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor.raytheon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/new-raytheon-headquarters-open-oct-27-waltham-mass|title=New Raytheon Headquarters to Open Oct. 27 in Waltham, Mass.|date=2003-10-22|access-date=2019-09-18}}</ref> | ||