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Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Aerospace and defense
Predecessor	Hughes Missile Systems Co. and Raytheon Missile Systems Division (via merger)
Defunct	July 1, 2023  ( 2023-07-01 )
Successor	Raytheon
Headquarters	Tucson, Arizona , United States
Key people	Wes Kremer, President
Number of employees	30,000 (2020)
Parent	RTX Corporation
Website	www .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:

• 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 System non-lethal millimeter wave weapon
• AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missile
• AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface missile
• AGM-129 ACM air-to-surface missile
• AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon air-to-surface glide bomb
• AGM-176 Griffin air-to-surface missile
• AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile
  • RIM-7 Sea Sparrow naval surface-to-air missile
• AIM-9 Sidewinder air-to-air missile
• AIM-54 Phoenix air-to-air missile
• AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missile
• AN/SPY-6 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) for Navy ships
• AN/TPY-2 radar for the THAAD missile defense system
• AN/AQS20C Mine hunting sonar suite
• AN/ASQ-235 Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS)
• BGM-71 TOW anti-tank missile
• BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile
• Coyote unmanned aerial system
• David's Sling Medium to long range surface-to-air / anti-ballistic missile (partner with prime contractor Rafael Advanced Defense Systems )
• Extended Range Guided Munition ^[5]
• Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle anti-ICBM system
• FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile
• FIM-92 Stinger person-portable air defense system surface-to-air missile
• M982 Excalibur guided artillery round
• MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile
• MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
• Paveway laser-guided bomb
• Phalanx CIWS naval anti-missile defense system
• RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile naval surface-to-air missile
• RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile naval surface-to-air missile
• Standard Missile family of naval missiles
  • RIM-66 Standard
  • RIM-67 Standard
  • RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
  • RIM-174 Standard ERAM
• SAM-N-2 Lark

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• Leighton, David (2015). The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947?1960 . David Leighton . Retrieved February 29, 2024 .

External links [ edit ]

• Official website