- Headquarters
- Arlington, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Systems integration(Systems & services); also Components & subsystems
- What that means
- Joins products into systems and delivers programmes: defence and aerospace primes, system integrators, EPC contractors.
- Founded
- 1922
- Staff
- 186,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- NYSE:RTX on Google Finance
- Website
- rtx.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Advanced Propulsion & Hypersonic Systems
Arlington, United StatesIn 6 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
Space Technologies · Design · listed #1 of 50
Pratt & Whitney builds the F135 and adaptive-cycle engine work, and Raytheon is prime with Northrop Grumman on the scramjet-powered Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM).
Relevance: Pratt & Whitney F135 and Raytheon hypersonic missiles lead the field
- Radar & Radiofrequency SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #1 of 50
Raytheon builds the AN/SPY-6 naval AESA family, the Patriot/LTAMDS air-defence radars and the AN/TPY-2 missile-defence radar, the world's largest radar franchise.
Relevance: World leader in air and missile defence radars
- Directed Energy TechnologiesVery high
Energy Technologies · Integration · listed #2 of 50
Its Raytheon business fielded the first operational US Army laser (DE M-SHORAD / H4 HELWS) and the Phaser and CHIMERA high-power microwave counter-drone systems, and has exported HELWS to the UAE.
Relevance: Fielded the first operational US Army laser and HPM systems.
- Acoustic & Undersea SensingVery high
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Design · listed #3 of 50
Raytheon builds the AN/SQS-53 hull sonar family for US destroyers, the AN/AQS-20 mine-hunting sonar and export hull-mounted sonars.
Relevance: Builds US destroyer hull sonar family
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Manufacture · listed #4 of 50
Collins Aerospace supplies assured PNT: M-code GPS/INS, Atlantic Inertial Systems tactical IMUs and Silicon Sensing MEMS gyros, the last through a joint venture with Sumitomo Precision.
Relevance: Major assured-PNT supplier: M-code GPS/INS and anti-jam
Sensing, Timing & Navigation · Integration · listed #10 of 50
Raytheon is a major US maker of EO/IR focal-plane arrays, targeting sensors (such as the MTS family) and space-based infrared and visible imaging instruments.
Relevance: Major US maker of EO/IR focal planes and targeting systems