Raytheon Company

Raytheon Company's Missiles and Defense (RMD) Division, operating as Raytheon, is a prime contractor delivering advanced missile systems, precision munitions, radar and sensing technologies, and defense electronics to the Department of Defense across full-and-open competition without reliance on small business set-asides. The division, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, and a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, operates as a large business prime across 99% of its recent award footprint, with no SBA designations in the source data.

Raytheon RMD's concrete capability portfolio centers on guided missile design, development, production, and sustainment across Major Defense Acquisition Programs. Named examples include the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM/AIM-120) family—the division's dominant program with definitive contracts exceeding $2.04 billion for Lots 39-40 through May 2031 and ongoing support across multiple delivery orders; the Small Diameter Bomb Increment II (SDB II), a precision-guided air-launched glide munition program under Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin with recent orders valued at $357 million and $57.8 million for production and technology refresh; the Stinger man-portable surface-to-air missile program for the Army, with a $578.6 million production delivery order through September 2031; the Standard Missile family (SM-2, SM-3, SM-6) and evolved variants supporting Naval Sea Systems Command and the Missile Defense Agency, with a $263 million SM-2 Block IIICU engineering, manufacturing, and development contract through September 2031; the AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missile sustaining multiple Navy programs; and the Tactical Tomahawk (TACTOM) cruise missile. The division also manufactures circuit card assemblies, power distribution units, electronic amplifiers, and specialized components, with hundreds of Naval Supply Systems Command delivery orders for component procurement and repair services. Engineering services span program management, flight test support, systems integration, obsolescence management, and logistics support, often performed at Tucson or Warner Robins, Georgia locations.

Customer concentration is extreme and defense-focused. The top five agencies by award count and dollar value together account for 66% of awards and 55% of combined potential value. Naval Air Systems Command leads by volume (1,765 awards, $18.99 billion combined potential value), Naval Supply Systems Command ranks second by count (1,334 awards, $3.56 billion), but Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin dominates by dollars ($60.2 billion across 510 awards), followed by Naval Sea Systems Command ($33.99 billion across 168 awards) and the Missile Defense Agency ($27.08 billion across 176 awards). The Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space ranks fifth with $18.5 billion across 131 awards. This concentration in naval and Air Force missile sustainment and production reflects Raytheon RMD's embedded position in mature, recurring weapon system programs with long-term sustainment demand.

Vehicle position is substantial. Raytheon RMD holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts serving as mother vehicles for hundreds of delivery orders. The Basic Ordering Agreement SPRMM113G1105 generated 519 task orders with $61.7 million combined potential value. The Air Force Materiel Command Indefinite Delivery Contract N0001907D0001 for AMRAAM program support carries $192.2 million and supported 295 delivery orders. Naval Sea Systems Command IDC N0001920D0008 for missile and defense electronics sustainment is valued at $706.5 million across 268 task orders. Additional vehicles include a $227.35 million Naval Air Systems Command IDV (running through May 2029, generating over 100 delivery orders for engineering, technical services, production, sustainment, and modernization) and a $279.2 million Army Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space IDV for Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System and related missile support through July 2030. A newly awarded $4.85 billion Coyote Interceptors indefinite delivery contract (September 2025, through September 2033) and an $85.2 million MALD/MALD-J Contractor Logistics Support IDV (September 2025, through September 2030) position the division for ongoing task order generation across unmanned systems and countermeasure sustainment. The division also sits on the recently awarded $151 billion Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ from the Missile Defense Agency (through December 2035), covering research, development, prototyping, production, and sustainment across air, missile, space, and cyber defense domains.

Activity trajectory shows high volume with recent contraction. Awards per year declined from 287 in 2022 to 41 awards in 2026 year-to-date (reflecting partial-year coverage), with 245–256 awards annually in 2023–2024. The division faces a significant recompete cliff: 265 awards with ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $21.03 billion, representing major AMRAAM production, SDB II development, SM-2/SM-3 modernization, and Stinger sustainment programs all cycling toward recompete or renewal.

Service Contract Inventory data captures a partial and declining view of Raytheon RMD's federal services activity. SCI-reported invoicing totaled $81.7 million across three fiscal years (FY2022–FY2024)—$70.5 million in FY2022, $7.8 million in FY2023, and $3.4 million in FY2024—with FTE headcount on SCI-reportable contracts declining from 233 FTEs in FY2022 to 20.1 in FY2023 and rising to 115 in FY2024. On federal services contracts captured in SCI, government-paid hourly rates ran around $200/hr at median, with rates spanning from $145/hr at the 10th percentile to $509/hr at the 90th percentile, reflecting a mix of entry-level technical labor and senior systems engineers. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the division performed 0% of hours through named subcontractors, indicating vertically integrated delivery on those specific service engagements. However, SCI data excludes goods, product sales, classified work, and orders below $150,000—together representing the majority of Raytheon RMD's federal footprint—so these SCI figures are a strict subset of the division's total federal invoicing and an even smaller slice of RTX Corporation's enterprise revenue.

Teaming pattern reflects a prime-heavy posture. The division functions overwhelmingly as prime contractor (99% of awards) rather than subcontractor (1% of awards), with subcontract work concentrated under Boeing on the Ground-Based Interceptor/Air Updated Release (GBI/AUR) program management effort, Dynetics on Korea and United States Forces Korea delivery order support, and Leidos on data and connectivity procurements. On the prime side, Raytheon RMD engages extensive subcontractor networks for specialized components and manufacturing support. Named subcontractors on recent major production contracts include General Dynamics OTS for Small Diameter Bomb Increment II systems, Simmonds Precision Products and Mercury Systems for electronic components on SDB II, Aerojet Rocketdyne for propulsion and engineering on multiple missile programs, Northrop Grumman Systems for electronic systems and subsystems integration, Raytheon-Rafael Area Protection Systems LLC for launcher and canister long-lead items on Marine Corps programs, Hi-REL Connectors and Metal Works Precision Machine & Tool Inc. for AMRAAM component manufacturing, and a broad ecosystem of RF/microwave suppliers (Exponential Technology Group, Teledyne Storm Microwave, Macom Technology Solutions), connector specialists (TTI Inc., Airborn Interconnect), PCB manufacturers (TTM Technologies), and test equipment providers (Tevet LLC, Ametek Programmable Power, Teradyne). The division also subcontracts specialized services: Keysight Technologies for electronic measurement and test equipment, Kratos S1/RT Logic for electromechanical assembly, Marway Power Systems for power distribution, Praxis Resources for integrated electrical assemblies, and Anacapa Micro Products for software. This multi-tier supply chain reflects Raytheon RMD's role as systems integrator and prime manufacturer, outsourcing specialized, commodity-like, or capital-intensive component production while retaining design, integration, test, and final assembly in-house.

Corporate structure places Raytheon RMD as a named division (UEI VTEWM5QSE598) within Raytheon Company, a parent entity (UEI KLW3ZYL15493) headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Raytheon Company is itself a subsidiary of RTX Corporation, a multi-billion-dollar defense conglomerate. The RMD Division's focus on missiles and defense electronics distinguishes it from sibling divisions within the broader Raytheon footprint, which encompasses intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; advanced electronics; and other defense technology domains. No material change in organizational structure or realignment has been signaled in the source data.