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Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryAerospace and defense
PredecessorHughes Missile Systems Co. and Raytheon Missile Systems Division (via merger)
DefunctJuly 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)
SuccessorRaytheon
Headquarters,
Key people
Wes Kremer, President
Number of employees
30,000 (2020)
ParentRTX Corporation
Websitewww.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com

Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) was one of four business segments of RTX Corporation. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, its president was Wes Kremer.[1] The business produced a broad portfolio of advanced technologies, including air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, and command and control systems.[2] Raytheon Intelligence & Space was merged with Raytheon Missiles & Defense in July 2023 to form the Raytheon business segment.[3]

History[edit]

The business was a combination of two Raytheon Company legacy businesses, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) and Raytheon Missile Systems (RMS), which operated a plant formerly owned by the Hughes Aircraft Company.[citation needed]

Raytheon had been criticized for selling arms to Saudi Arabia that were used in the Yemen Civil War. These sales were blocked by the Obama administration in 2016 due to humanitarian concerns, a decision that was reversed by the Trump administration six months later.[4]

Products[edit]

Key Raytheon Missiles & Defense capabilities combined key IDS and RMS capabilities. Key IDS capabilities include:

  • Ground-based and sea-based radars for air and missile defense
  • Navy radar and sonar
  • Torpedoes and naval mine countermeasures

Key RMS capabilities include:

The division's products included:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Raytheon Missiles & Defense. "Raytheon Missiles & Defense Website".
  2. ^ "Raytheon Technologies Business Overview".
  3. ^ Moore-Carrillo, Jaime (June 20, 2023). "Raytheon rebrands as RTX". DefenseNews.com. Defense News. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  4. ^ "The Weekly | How the Promise of American Jobs Became Entangled in a Faraway War". The New York Times. 2020-03-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  5. ^ "Raytheon Company: Products & Services: ERGM". www.raytheon.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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