Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Industry	Aerospace and defense
Predecessor	Hughes Missile Systems Co. and Raytheon Missile Systems Division (via merger)
Headquarters	Tucson, Arizona , United States
Key people	Wes Kremer, President
Number of employees	30,000 (2020)
Parent	Raytheon Technologies
Website	www.raytheonmissilesanddefense.com

Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) is one of four business segments of RTX Corporation. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, its president is Wes Kremer. The business produces a broad portfolio of advanced technologies, including air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, and command and control systems.

History

The business is 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. David Leighton, a noted historian, documented the early history of the Hughes Missile Plant in two books. His monograph: The Falcon's Nest: The Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947–1960, which included the early history of Hughes Aircraft Co., and, his reference book: The History of the Hughes Missile Plant in Tucson, 1947–1960.

Key Raytheon Missiles & Defense capabilities combine 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

Raytheon has 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 2015 due to humanitarian concerns, a decision that was reversed by the Trump administration six months later.

Products

The division's products include:

• 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
• Extended Range Guided Munition
• 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

External links

• Official website