- Amerikansk våbenfabrik, en del af USA's militær-industrielle kompleks..
Raytheon is the fourth largest defense contractor in the United
States, behind Lockheed Martin and Boeing. The Massachusetts-based
conglomerate received more than $7 billion in Pentagon contracts in
FY 2002. By its own accounting, the company is involved in over
4,000 weapons programs.
Raytheon's best-known product is probably the Patriot air defense
missile, the Tomahawk land attack missile, AIM-65 Maverick, an
air-to-surface missile. Raytheon also specializes in radar,
surveillance, and targeting systems that are used on most
U.S.-produced combat aircraft. Raytheon manufactures the "bunker
buster" GBU- 28, a 5,000-pound bomb.
The company is also a major arms exporter, with billions in
overseas arms sales in the past decade to a client list that
includes Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, Malaysia,
Oman, Singapore, Greece, Taiwan and South Korea.
- Se også: Raytheon Peace Makers ; Thuleradaren.
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