Raytheon Company is a defense contractor and a US industrial company with core manufacturing concentrations in weapons and military and commercial electronics. Previously engaged in corporate aircraft and special missions until early 2007. Raytheon is the largest guided missile manufacturer in the world.
Founded in 1922, the company merged in 1928 and adopted its current name in 1959. In 2014 the company has approximately 63,000 employees worldwide and annual revenues of approximately US $ 25 billion. More than 90% of Raytheon's revenue comes from military contracts and, by 2012, it is the fifth largest military contractor in the world. In 2015, it is the third largest defense contractor in the United States by defense revenue.
In 2003, Raytheon's headquarters moved from Lexington, Massachusetts, to Waltham, Massachusetts. The company was previously headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, from 1922 to 1928, Newton, Massachusetts, from 1928 to 1941, Waltham from 1941 to 1961 and Lexington from 1961 to 2003.
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History
Initial years
In 1922, two former Tufts University School of Engineering became roommates Laurence K. Marshall and Vannevar Bush, along with scientist Charles G. Smith, founded the American Appliance Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The focus, which was originally on a new cooling technology, soon turned to electronics. The company's first product was a gas rectifier (helium) based on Charles Smith's previous astronomical research on the star Zeta Puppis. The electron tube is baptized under the name Raytheon ("light of/from gods") and is used in a battery eliminator, a radio-receiver power supply plugged into a grid in a large battery bay. It is possible to change the alternating current of a household into a direct current for the radio and thus eliminates the need for expensive and short-lived batteries.
In 1925, the company changed its name to Raytheon Manufacturing Company and began marketing its rectifier tool, under the Raytheon brand name, with commercial success. In 1928, Raytheon joined Q.R.S. The company, manufacturer of electron tubes and switches America, to form a successor of the same name, Raytheon Manufacturing Company. In the 1930s, the company has grown to become one of the largest vacuum tube manufacturing companies in the world. In 1933, diversified by acquiring Acme-Delta Company, a manufacturer of transformers, electrical equipment, and electronic car parts.
During World War II
At the beginning of World War II, physicists in the United Kingdom discovered a magnetron, an electron tube that produces microwaves that specifically increase the radar's ability to detect enemy planes. American companies were then sought by the US government to refine and mass-produce magnetron for ground, air and ship radar systems, and, with support from the Massachusetts Institute of Radiation Laboratory (recently set up to investigate microwave radar), Raytheon received contract to build the device. Within months of receiving the contract, Raytheon had already begun producing magnetron tubes for use in radar sets and then complementing the radar system. At the end of the war in 1945 the company was responsible for about 80 percent of all magnetrons produced. During the war Raytheon also pioneered the production of shipboard radar systems, particularly for submarine detection. Raytheon was ranked 71st among US companies in the contract value of World War II military production.
Raytheon's research on magnetron tubes revealed the potential for microwaves to cook food. In 1945, Percy Spencer of Raytheon invented the microwave oven by discovering that magnetrons can heat food quickly. In 1947, the company demonstrated the Radarange microwave oven for commercial use.
After World War II
In 1945, the company expanded its electronic capabilities through acquisitions covering the Submarine Signal Company (founded in 1901), a leading manufacturer of maritime safety equipment. With its increasingly widespread capability, Raytheon developed the first guidance system for missiles that could intercept flying targets. In 1948, Raytheon began producing missiles. In 1950, Lark missiles became the first weapon to destroy the target aircraft in flight. Raytheon then received a military contract to develop air-to-air and land-to-air Eagle missiles - projects that received a boost from the Korean War. In the next few decades, it remains a major producer of missiles, including Patriot antimissile missiles and air-to-air Phoenix missiles. In 1959, Raytheon acquired the marine electronics company Apelco Applied Electronics, which significantly increased its strength in commercial marine navigation and radio equipment, as well as suppliers of cheaper Japanese products such as marine/weather band radios and direction-finding equipment. That same year, it changed its name to Raytheon Company .
During the postwar years, Raytheon also made low-to-medium radio and television transmitters and related equipment for the commercial market, but the powerful high-powered market was in the hands of bigger and better-financed competitors such as Continental Electronics. , General Electric and Radio Corporation of America.
In the 1950s, Raytheon began producing transistors, including the CK722, cherished and marketed to fans.
In 1961, the British electronics company, A.C. Cossor joins Raytheon, after the sale by Philips. The new company name is Raytheon Cossor. The Cossor side of this organization still applies to the Raytheon group in 2010.
In 1965, he acquired Amana Refrigeration, Inc., a manufacturer of refrigerators and air conditioners. Using the Amana brand name and its distribution channel, Raytheon began selling the first household microwave oven in 1967 and became the dominant manufacturer in the microwave oven business.
In 1966, the company entered the publishing business of education with the acquisition of D.C. Heath and Company, markets influential physics lessons developed by the Physics Study Committee.
1980s
In 1980, Raytheon acquired Beech Aircraft Corporation, a leading aviation aircraft manufacturer founded in 1932 by Walter H. Beech. In 1993 the company expanded its aircraft operations by adding the Hawker business line by acquiring Corporate Jets Inc., a British Aerospace business jet product line (now BAE Systems). These two entities were merged in 1994 to become Raytheon Aircraft Company. In the first quarter of 2007, Raytheon sold its aircraft operations, which were then operated as Hawker Beechcraft, and since 2014 has been a Textron Aviation unit. Raytheon's subsidiary product line includes business jets such as Hawker 800XP and Hawker 4000, Beechjet 400A, and Premier I; the popular King Air series of twin turboprops; and piston-engined planes like the Bonanza. The mission missions in particular include the single T-6A Texan II turboprop, which the United States Air Force and the United States Navy have chosen as their main training aircraft.
1990s
In 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, the Patriite Raytheon missile received great international exposure, resulting in a substantial increase in sales for companies outside the United States. In an effort to build leadership in defense electronics business, Raytheon purchased sequentially Dallas-based E-Systems (1995), Chrysler Corporation's defense electronics and aircraft modification business, which previously acquired companies such as Electrospace (1996) systems (part of this business then sold to L-3 Communications), and defense units Texas Instruments - Defense Systems & amp; Electronics Group (1997). Also in 1997, Raytheon acquired Hughes Aircraft Company's aerospace and defense business from Hughes Electronics Corporation - a subsidiary of General Motors, which included a number of product lines previously purchased by Hughes Electronics including former General Dynamics missile business (Pomona facility), Delco Electronics (Delco Systems Operations), and Magnavox Electronic Systems.
Raytheon also broke away from some of the business of romance in the 1990s, including Amana Refrigeration and Seismograph Service Ltd. (sold to Schlumberger-Geco-Prakla). On October 12, 1999, Raytheon left the personal rapid transit (PRT) business for stopping the PRT 2000 system due to high development costs and lack of interest.
2000s
In November 2007, Raytheon bought Sarcos for an undisclosed amount, seeking to expand into the research and production of robotics.
In September 2009, Raytheon signed an agreement to acquire BBN Technologies. The acquisition was completed on October 29, 2009.
In December 2010, Applied Signal Technology agreed to be acquired by Raytheon for $ 490 million.
2010s
In October 2014, Raytheon defeated rivals Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for a 3DELRR build contract, a next-generation long-range radar system, for the US Air Force worth about $ 1 billion.
The award of this contract was immediately protested by Raytheon's competitors, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman. After re-evaluating the offer after this protest, the US Air Force decided to postpone the 3DELRR EMD contract award until 2017, and will issue a modified request by the end of July 2016.
In July 2016, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz plans to sign a letter of intent with Raytheon for a $ 5.6 billion deal to improve his Patriot missile defense shield.
In 2017, Saudi Arabia signed a multibillion-dollar business deal with several American companies, including Raytheon.
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Company structure
Business
Raytheon consists of five major business divisions:
- Integrated Defense System - based in Tewksbury, Massachusetts; Wes Kremer, President
- Intelligence, Information and Services - based in Dulles, Virginia; Dave Wajsgras, President
- Missile Systems - based in Tucson, Arizona; Taylor W. Lawrence, President
- Air and Space Systems - based in McKinney, Texas; Rick Yuse, President.
- Forcepoint based on Austin, Texas; CEO, Matt Moynahan.
Raytheon's business is supported by several specialized international operations including: Raytheon Australia; Raytheon Canada Limited; operations in Japan; Raytheon Microelectronics in Spain; Raytheon UK (formerly Raytheon Systems Limited); and ThalesRaytheonSystems, France.
Strategic Business Area
In recent years, Raytheon has evolved into other areas while redefining some of its core business activities. Raytheon has identified five 'Strategic Business Areas' where he focuses his expertise and resources:
- Homeland Security
- Missile Defense
- Precision Engagement
- Intelligence, Supervision, Reconnaissance (ISR)
- Process Improvement (Raytheon Lean6).
Leadership
in March 2014, Thomas Kennedy was appointed CEO of Raytheon Company. Kennedy succeeded William H. Swanson, who was CEO since 2003. Swanson remained as Chairman and Thomas A. Kennedy continued to sit on the Board. Other members of Raytheon's board of directors are: Vernon Clark, James E. Cartwright, John Deutch, Stephen J. Hadley, George R. Oliver, Frederic Poses, Michael Ruettgers, Ronald Skates, William Spivey, and Linda Stuntz.
International
In addition to US domestic facilities, Raytheon has offices in countries around the world, including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Marshall Islands, New Zealand, Norway, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.
Ownership
In December 2014, according to the report submitted, ten institutional shareholders Raytheon were the Wellington Management Company, Vanguard Group, State Road Company, Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, BlackRock Advisor, Bank of America, Bank of New York Mellon, Deutsche Bank and Macquarie Group.
Products and services
Overview
Raytheon provides electronic, mission system integration and other capabilities in the field of sensing; effect; and command, control, communication, and intelligence systems; as well as various mission support services. See the alphabetical list of Raytheon products and services. See Raytheon products for products manufactured and sold by Raytheon Company
Raytheon's electronics and defense systems produce air, sea and terrain missiles, aircraft radar systems, weapon views and targeting systems, combat and combat management systems, and satellite components.
Air traffic control system
- FIRSTplus Air Traffic Control Simulator
- ATM AutoTrac III System
- STAR
Radar and sensor
Raytheon is a developer and radar maker (including AESA), electro-optical sensors, and other advanced electronic systems for air, sea and land military applications. Examples include:
- APG-63/APG-70 radar for F-15 Eagle
- APG-65/APG-73/APG-79 radar for F/A-18 Hornet
- APG-77 Radar for F-22 Raptor (joint development with Northrop Grumman)
- ALE-50 towed tow
- ALR-67 (V) 3 and ALR-69A radar warning receiver
- AN/APQ-181 (Upgrade AESA currently under development), for B-2 Spirit bomber
- Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) for RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV
- ASQ-228 ATFLIR (Advanced Forward-Looking Infrared Targeting) pod
- TPQ-36/TPQ-37 Firefinder and MPQ-64 Sentinel mobile battlefield radars
- F-16 RACR Designed for F-16 using AESA technology
- EW SLV-32 EW ship system
- Large fixed site radar such as PAVE PAWS, BMEWS, and X-band Radar Missile Defense Agency (XBR)
Satellite Sensors
Raytheon, often associated with Boeing, Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman, is also heavily involved in the satellite sensor business. Most of the divisions of Space and Airborne Systems in El Segundo, CA are devoted to this, a business inherited from Hughes. Examples of programs include:
- The Space Tracking and Oversight System (STSS), being developed for Ballistic Missile Defense. Raytheon builds a sensor charge. In addition, El Segundo's site is a center of corporate excellence for the development and production of laser products.
- The Naval Multiband Terminal (NMT) company Raytheon is a sophisticated first generation satellite communications system (SATCOM) for successfully logging in and communicating with the US Government SSTCOM Milstar system using low and medium rate data rates. This system provides naval and sailor commanders with greater data capacity, as well as enhanced protection against enemy disturbances and disturbances.
- The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), developed by Raytheon Space and Airborne Sensors and currently operates on Suomi NPP satellites. VIIRS shipments in the future will fly aboard the JPSS to continue the climate-based operational space and weather sensing of the MODIS sensor.
Communications
- The Raytheon Universal Control System (UCS) is a "cockpit" unmanned aerial system (UAS) that increases operator awareness and efficiency while providing the ability to control many unmanned aircraft, and reduce the potential for accidents.
- The Company also manufactures several radio software and digital communication systems for military applications such as Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), participating in the Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), ECHELON and Joint Tactical Terminal (JTT) programs.
Radioactive material detection system
As part of the security business and strategic focus of the growing homeland, Raytheon has worked with other contractors to develop an Advance Spectroscopic Portal (ASP) to enable border officers to view and identify radioactive material in vehicles and shipping containers more effectively.
Semiconductor
Raytheon also manufactures semiconductors for the electronics industry on sites in the US and the UK. By the end of the 20th century it produced a variety of integrated circuits and other components, but in 2003 the US semiconductor business specializes in gallium arsenide components (GaAs) for radio communications as well as infrared detectors. It also makes an effort to develop gallium nitride components (GaN) for next generation radar and radio. The UK arm specializes in CMOS on silicon carbide (SiC) development and foundry work but no longer takes new orders, which have been in place for 57 years.
Missile Defense System
In the framework of the Land-Based Defense Defense, Raytheon developed a Ground Based Interceptor (GBI) that includes reinforcing missiles and Kinetic Wind Killer Vehicles (EKV), along with several major radar components, such as Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX) and Early Warning Radar Upgraded (UEWR).
Missile
Raytheon is a missile developer and associated missile defense system. These include:
- AGM-65 Maverick
- AGM-88 HARM
- AGM-129 Advanced Roaming Missile
- Combined Weapons with AGM-154
- AIM-7 Sparrow
- AIM-9 Sidewinder
- AIM-120 AMRAAM
- BGM-71 TOW
- BGM-109 Tomahawk
- FGM-148 Javelin
- FIM-92 Stinger
- GBU-28 Paveway III
- MIM-23 Eagles
- MIM-104 Patriot
- RIM-7 Sea Sparrow
- Standard Missile RIM-161 3
- RIM-162 ESSM
- Small Tactical Munitions
High-tech simulator
In a project run jointly with Hughes Aircraft Co., Raytheon developed Air Warfare Simulation (AWSIM2), which is currently used by USAF for training combat staff in simulation centers around the world.
Raytheon also produces and runs ABACUS (Advanced BAttlespace CompUter Simulation) or Higher Formation Trainer (HFT) to train HQs from small specialist units to corps levels.
Outsourcing Training and Outsourcing Services
Raytheon Professional Services (RPS) is a global leader in outsourced training and learning services for over 75 years. Clients are offered training tailored to their needs. The scope of each contract may vary from short-term training initiatives and projects to multi-year outsourcing involvement for some or all of the client's training functions. Services include: (1) Consulting & amp; Development of Learning Strategy, (2) Training Design, Development & amp; Shipping, (3) Learning Technology and (4) Training Administration
Raytheon SixSigma
Raytheon Six Sigma is a knowledge-based approach to discipline designed to increase productivity, grow business, improve customer satisfaction, and build a customer culture that embraces all of these goals. Daniel Burnham brought Six Sigma to Raytheon from AlliedSignal in 1998. This internal service provides the six steps that guide the completion of the project, six steps are: visualizing, committing, prioritizing, characterizing, improving, and achieving. Raytheon mentioned in his annual report the benefits enjoyed through SixSigma. It has earned USD $ 3.8 billion in financial benefits and has set a common language and culture throughout the company.
Controversy
Government relations
Since most of Raytheon's revenues are derived from defense contracts, there is a close relationship between the cooperation itself with the US Department of Defense and other US government departments and agencies (eg in FY2008, the National Science Foundation rewards Raytheon $ 152 million in grants, more from to other agencies and organizations in the country, to manage the NSF South Pole Station). This, along with the heavy lobbying, has led to allegations of circulation of annual influence. Raytheon, for example, donated nearly a million dollars to various defense-related political campaigns in the 2004 presidential election, spending more than that to lobby for expenses. And there are many tight bonds between the company and all levels of government. For example, Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State of the United States, associated with the company through consulting work. John M. Deutch, former US Central Intelligence Director, sits on the board of directors, along with Warren Rudman, a former senator. On the other hand, Raytheon has also been involved in several contract disputes with the US Government.
Case of obtaining confidential information illegally in bidding process
In March 1990, Raytheon pleaded guilty to one criminal charge of illegally obtaining budget documents and Air Force planning documents. US District Judge Albert V. Bryan, Jr. imposing a $ 10,000 criminal felony for one count of crime of "unauthorized sacrifice" and $ 900,000 in fines and civil damages. The documents allegedly gave Raytheon an unfair advantage over his rivals in bidding for a weapons contract. Although the petition only involved 1983 Air Force documents, US Attorney Henry Hudson said Raytheon also illegally obtained various Pentagon secret documents.
Disputed claim of Patriot missile
During the 1991 Gulf War, Raytheon received widespread publicity in the United States in connection with the manufacture of Patriot missiles (MIM-104 Patriot). Patriot missiles are anti-aircraft missiles that are enhanced to have the ability to fight ballistic missiles. The Patriots are suspected of intercepting SCUD missiles launched by Iraq in its defense of the US-led invasion. When President George H. W. Bush traveled to Raytheon's Patriot-making plant in Andover, Massachusetts, during the Gulf War, he declared, "Patriots are 41 of 42: 42 Scuds involved, 41 intercepted!" After the Gulf War ended, the staff of the State Administration Operations Subcommittee for Legislation and National Security reported,
- "The Patriot missile system is not a spectacular success in the Persian Gulf War that the American public believes.There is little evidence to prove that the Patriots crashed into more than a few Scud missiles launched by Iraq during the Gulf War, and there is some doubt about even involvement the Public and Congress of the United States is misled by a definitive statement about the successes issued by the administration and representatives of Raytheon during and after the war. "
Contract disputes
In October 1994, Raytheon paid $ 4 million to settle a US government claim that he inflated a defense contract for an anti-nuclear radar. PAWS PAWS Systems (Precision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System) is designed to detect ballistic missiles launched under the sea. The government claims in a federal lawsuit that Raytheon inflated the contract to raise two of PARE PAWS's four sites by proposing to hire employees who have higher skills than those required for the job.
Just one year earlier, on October 14, 1993, Raytheon paid $ 3.7 million to settle allegations that he misled the US Defense Department by overestimating the labor costs involved in making Patriot missiles. "This money recovery is another warning to contractors that the disclosure requirements of the Freedom of Information Act will be strictly enforced," Frank Hunger, the assistant attorney general, said in a statement.
Brazil SIVAM Project
The allegations of bribery were made against Raytheon in 1995 in connection with efforts to win a $ 1.4 billion radar contract from Brazil for the SIVAM project. SIVAM, short for "System for Vigilance over the Amazon," is a complicated radar surveillance system for use in monitoring the Amazon rainforest, alleged to curb narcotics trafficking and to prevent illegal logging or forest burning. The Brazilian police intercepted phone conversations between Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's special adviser, and Raytheon's Brazilian agent, Jose Afonso Assumpc. According to a transcript published in the Brazilian national weekly Isto, when Assassin informed Gomes dos Santos that the Brazilian Senator Gilberto Miranda might block Raytheon's contract, Gomes dos Santos replied, "Damn, what Have you paid this person? ". Gomes dos Santos and Brazil's aviation minister resigned over allegations that the conversation indicated that the bribes were being paid. Nevertheless, Raytheon was finally awarded a contract after lobbying by the administration of US President Bill Clinton.
AGES Request
In 1996, a company called AGES Group filed a lawsuit against Raytheon in federal court in Alabama for a $ 450 million contract to serve Huron and U-21 C-12 military aircraft. The Boston Herald reports that AGES alleges that the security firm Wackenhut Corporation, hired by Raytheon, uses video and audio surveillance to spy on consulting firms hired by the AGES to help prepare the bids. AGES also alleged that the stolen secret pricing documents were handed over to Raytheon. Both Raytheon and AGES have been vying for contracts, which have been held by Raytheon for decades but AGES won in 1996. On May 12, 1999, Reuters reported that Raytheon would pay $ 3 million to AGES Group and purchase a plane of aged aircraft worth $ 13 million to complete the AGES lawsuit. The settlement was remarkable because the parties agreed that a decision would be filed against Raytheon, legally establishing the validity of AGEN's allegations.
Securities litigation
In October 1999, Raytheon was the subject of several securities class action suits stating that it had issued a series of false and misleading statements including exaggerating corporate earnings in 1997 and 1998, hiding cost swelling and inflating its financial results. The lawsuit was brought in response to the large drop in value of Raytheon's common stock as traded on the New York Stock Exchange. On Tuesday, October 12, 1999, Raytheon's shares traded at about 45% below their level on October 11, 1999. The stock price drop was triggered by a Wall Street Journal report that Raytheon had exceeded the cost or behind schedule on more than a dozen fixed price defense contracts. This damage represents a loss of about $ 8 billion in market value in a single day. On May 13, Raytheon reported that they had reached a preliminary agreement to pay $ 410 million in cash and securities to settle a class action lawsuit stating that they mislead investors by not disclosing any difficulties on Pentagon projects and construction five years earlier.
Unsanitary Management Rule Swansy
On April 24, 2006 in a statement released by Raytheon, Swanson's CEO acknowledged plagiarism in claiming authorship for his booklet, Swanson's "Uncharacteristic Management Rules," after a report by The New York Times. On May 2, 2006, Raytheon withdrew the distribution of the book. The following day, the company's board of directors announced that "In response to this, the Board has decided not to raise Mr. Swanson's salary above the 2005 level, and will reduce the amount of limited stock in which he is eligible in the future, year to 20 percent."
Silent Guardian testing on custody
In August 2010, Raytheon announced that it had partnered with a prison in Castaic, California to use detention as a test subject for the non-lethal Silent Guardian active denial system that "[...] penetrates about 64 inches below your skin. about where your pain container is, so what would it feel like if you just opened the blast furnace door. "
In 2010, Raytheon developed an "extreme-scale analysis" system called Rapid Information Overlay Technology (RIOT), which allows users to track the movement of people and even predict their behavior by mine data from social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, Gowalla and Foursquare. Raytheon claims that they do not sell this software to any client, but has shared it with US government and industry. A company spokesman told PC magazine in 2013 that "Raytheon, as a leader in cybersecurity, offers state-of-the-art capabilities to government customers and we focus on providing the best available solutions that meet their growing requirements."
Production of depleted uranium weapons
Raytheon has patented a number of weapon designs that allow the use of depleted uranium. For example there is a patent "Design of warhead missile" (1997) which suggests the use of tungsten but adds that "In addition, other ballast sizes and other materials such as depleted or exhausted uranium can be used without leaving the present scope of the discovery. There is also a patent "Guided kinetic penetrator" (2005) that patents "9. The projectile guidance system of claim 1, in which the kinetic penetrator body comprises at least one of the tungsten, steel carbide, and depleted uranium." Patent "Improved design of warhead missiles" (1998) that patents "2. Claims Discovery 1 where reproductive mechanisms (16) include tungsten, lead and/or depleted uranium", "Explosive-proof shell" patent warhead "(2011 ) which patents a "round explosive device of claim 1, wherein each liner plurality comprises a material selected from a group consisting of copper, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, tantalum, depleted uranium, lead, lead, cadmium, cobalt, magnesium, titanium, zinc, zirconium, beryllium, nickel, silver, and its combinations ", and" Low Damateral directed fragmentation of gunpowder "(2014) using tungsten or uranium rings (" The 44 rings can be made from tungsten or uranium that is exhausted, to give an unlimited example ") to direct the weapon's energy.
Environmental recordings
Two lawsuits filed against the Raytheon Company at St. Petersburg, Florida, due to concerns with health risks, property values, and contamination in April 2008. Raytheon was given until the end of the month to independently test whether or not the groundwater. comes from its contaminated area. According to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), groundwater contains carcinogenic contaminants, including trichlorethylene, 1,4-dioxane, and vinyl chloride. DEP also reports that clouds contain other toxins, such as lead and toluene.
In 1995, Raytheon acquired Dallas-based E-Systems, including a site in St. Louis. Petersburg, Florida. In November 1991, prior to the acquisition of Raytheon, contamination was found on the E-Systems site. Soil and groundwater have been contaminated with volatile trichlorethylene and 1,4-dioxane organic compounds. In 2005, groundwater monitoring showed tainted groundwater moved to areas outside the site. According to the DEP documentation, Raytheon has been testing wells on his site since 1996 but has not submitted a final report; therefore, was given a deadline on May 31, 2008 to investigate the groundwater. Contamination in the area does not affect the supply of any drinking water or health, but due to negative local media lawsuits being filed with claims against Raytheon citing the decline in property values.
In other cases, Raytheon was ordered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to treat ground water at the Tucson Plant (obtained during a merger with Hughes) in Arizona since Raytheon used and disposed metals, chlorinated solvents, and other substances at the plant since 1951. EPA require the installation and operation of the oxidation process system to process the solvent and make the water safe to drink.
On August 9, 2006, The Stream Contact Center in Derry, Northern Ireland, which had a contract with Raytheon at the time, was attacked by protesters. They destroyed computers, documents, and office mainframes, and started putting them on for eight hours before their arrest.
The activists were charged with criminal damage and an affair. The trial of six defendants began May 19, 2008, at the Laganside Court in Belfast. Colm Bryce, Gary Donnelly, Kieran Gallagher, Michael Gallagher, Sean Heaton, Jimmy Kelly, Paddy McDaid and Eamonn O'Donnell were released from all charges on June 11, with Eamonn McCann found guilty of the theft of two computer disks. [7]
Workplace diversity
- In 2005, Raytheon adopted the same employment policy policy linked to transgender and transsexual workers.
- On October 26, 2006, Raytheon was recognized by US Department of Labor Elaine Chao as the recipient of the 2006 New Freedom Initiative (NFI) Award for the company's commitment to recruit, train, hire and promote individuals with disabilities.
Advocacy
- Raytheon is a prominent member of the US Global Leadership Coalition, a Washington-based coalition of more than 400 large corporations and NGOs advocating a larger International Affairs Budget, funding US diplomatic, humanitarian and development efforts at overseas.
See also
- Raytheon 9
- CK Raut
- 100 US Federal Contractors - $ 16.1 billion in FY2009
- Hall at Patriot Place
- Tactical Control System
References
External links
- Raytheon Company
- Raytheon Semiconductor Company File Division Saved to Monitor Electronic Industry, 1965-1986 (M0661; 11.5 ft linear calling number) located at the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Library
- Direct political contributions
- Raytheon Company Political Action Committee 2012 political contributions
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