Raytheon Missiles & Defense
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
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| Industry | Aerospace and defense |
| Predecessor | Hughes Missile Systems Co. and Raytheon Missile Systems Division (via merger) |
| Defunct | July 1, 2023 |
| Successor | Raytheon |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Wes Kremer, President |
Number of employees | 30,000 (2020) |
| Parent | RTX Corporation |
| Website | www |
Raytheon Missiles & Defense(RMD) was one of four business segments ofRTX 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 & Spacewas merged with Raytheon Missiles & Defense in July 2023 to form theRaytheonbusiness 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 theHughes Aircraft Company.[citation needed]
Raytheon had been criticized for selling arms toSaudi Arabiathat were used in theYemen 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:
- Missiles and precision-guided munitions
- Drones and air-launched decoys
- Counter-drone and non-lethal directed energy weapons
- Ground vehicle sensors and weapons
- Ground based operational surveillance system
The division's products included:
- Active Denial Systemnon-lethal millimeter wave weapon
- AGM-65 Maverickair-to-surface missile
- AGM-88 HARMair-to-surface missile
- AGM-129 ACMair-to-surface missile
- AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weaponair-to-surface glide bomb
- AGM-176 Griffinair-to-surface missile
- AIM-7 Sparrowair-to-air missile
- RIM-7 Sea Sparrownaval surface-to-air missile
- AIM-9 Sidewinderair-to-air missile
- AIM-54 Phoenixair-to-air missile
- AIM-120 AMRAAMair-to-air missile
- AN/SPY-6Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for Navy ships
- AN/TPY-2radar for theTHAADmissile defense system
- AN/AQS20C Mine hunting sonar suite
- AN/ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS)
- BGM-71 TOWanti-tank missile
- BGM-109 Tomahawkcruise missile
- Coyoteunmanned aerial system
- David's SlingMedium to long rangesurface-to-air/anti-ballistic missile(partner with prime contractorRafael Advanced Defense Systems)
- Extended Range Guided Munition[5]
- Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicleanti-ICBM system
- FGM-148 Javelinanti-tank missile
- FIM-92 Stingerperson-portable air defense system surface-to-air missile
- M982 Excaliburguided artillery round
- MIM-23 Hawksurface-to-air missile
- MIM-104 Patriotsurface-to-air missile
- Pavewaylaser-guided bomb
- Phalanx CIWSnaval anti-missile defense system
- RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missilenaval surface-to-air missile
- RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missilenaval surface-to-air missile
- Standard Missile family of naval missiles
- SAM-N-2 Lark
References[edit]
- ^Raytheon Missiles & Defense."Raytheon Missiles & Defense Website".
- ^"Raytheon Technologies Business Overview".
- ^Moore-Carrillo, Jaime (June 20, 2023)."Raytheon rebrands as RTX".DefenseNews.Defense News.RetrievedJune 21,2023.
- ^"The Weekly | How the Promise of American Jobs Became Entangled in a Faraway War".The New York Times.2020-03-20.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2020-04-24.
- ^"Raytheon Company: Products & Services: ERGM".raytheon.Archived fromthe originalon 25 August 2007.Retrieved13 January2022.
Further reading[edit]
- Leighton, David (2015).The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947–1960.David Leighton.RetrievedFebruary 29,2024.
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