'''Raytheon Technologies Corporation''' is a [[United States]] [[military-industrial complex]] defense contractor, one of the five largest in not only the United States but the world. As with many its fellow major defense contractors, it is headquartered in the Washington DC suburbs, specifically Arlington, Virginia.
The company was formed in 2020 by the merger of '''Raytheon Corporation''' and '''United Technologies''' (prior to the merger, United spun-off its non-aerospace holdings into separate publicly-traded firms). It operates under four segments:
{{See also|NATO war in Ukraine}}
The [[Atlantic Council]] was pushing to ramp up the [[proxy war ]] between Russian speaking Ukrainians and Ukrainian nationalist. In 2015 the Atlantic Council helped prepare a proposal for arming the Ukrainian military with offensive weaponry like Javelin anti-tank missiles. The Atlantic Council has been funded by the two manufacturers of the Javelin missile system, Raytheon and [[Lockheed Martin]]. This created an appearance of a [[conflict of interest]]. The think tank in fact presented its Distinguished Business Leadership Award to Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson that same year.
[[Lloyd Austin]] was appointed defense minister of the [[Biden junta]] in 2021. He previously served on the Board of Raytheon prior to rejoining the [[civil service system]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-embraces-the-military-industrial-complex-over-civilian-control</ref> Within 3 weeks of occupying the position of defense chief, Raytheon was awarded a $49 million contract by the [[Pentagon]].<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/raytheon-awarded-49-million-dod-contract-weeks-after-former-board-member-lloyd-austin-confirmed-as-defense-secretary/</ref> Austin walked away from Raytheon weeks earlier with a $1.7 million bonus and retirement package.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-10/biden-defense-pick-to-get-up-to-1-7-million-from-raytheon-role</ref>