RTX Corporation

Nuclear Weapon Producers

RTX is involved in the production of the Sentinel ICBM and the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapons system as well as the sustainment of the Minuteman programme for the U.S. arsenal.

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Company Profile

In July 2023, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, a company which had been the result of a 2020 merger between Raytheon and United Technologies[i], formally rebranded as RTX Corporation.[ii] RTX produces aviation, space and defence systems.[iii] RTX is the world’s second largest arms producing company.[iv] RTX is involved in the production of the Sentinel ICBM and the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapons system as well as the sustainment of the Minuteman programme for the U.S. arsenal. RTX reported sales of $74.3 billion in 2023.[v]

[i] United Technologies and Raytheon Complete Merger of Equals Transaction. Raytheon Technologies, 3 April 2020. Available at: https://www.rtx.com/news/2020/04/03/united-technologies-and-raytheon-complete-merger-of-equals-transaction.

[ii] ‘FORM 8-K. CURRENT REPORT. Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION,17 July 2023. Available at: SEC Filing | RTX.

[iii] Our Businesses (no date) | RTX. Available at:  Our Businesses | RTX (Accessed: 11 December 2024).

[iv] ‘World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars and regional tensions’, SIPRI, 2 December 2024. Available at: World’s top arms producers see revenues rise on the back of wars and regional tensions | SIPRI.

[v] ‘2023 Annual Report’, RTX (2024), p. 14. Available at: 2870406d-da57-4e95-8048-2c043e03dc8a.

Contact information

Raytheon Technologies Corporation

1000 Wilson Blvd.

Arlington, VA 22209

United States

Website: Home | RTX

X: @RaytheonTech | @RTX_News

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rtx

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Nuclear weapons

In July 2021, RTX received a $2 billion, six-year contract from the U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Eglin Air Force Base for continued development and manufacture of the Long Range Standoff (LRSO) weapons system.[i]

Collins Aerospace, an RTX unit, will build the secondary launch platform-airborne system for the Sentinel, the new U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile.[ii] This key component for nuclear weapons command and control also works with the existing Minuteman III system.[iii]

Collins Aerospace also has two outstanding contracts for work on the Very-Low Frequency (VLF) communications system for nuclear weapons command and control, together valued at $167 million.[iv] The U.S. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center also awarded Raytheon a $625 million contract to support the Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) program for the command of nuclear forces.[v]

In 2022, RTX also received a £160 million contract to train the crew of the UK Dreadnought nuclear-armed submarine at HM Naval Base Clyde.[vi]

[i] Contracts for July 1, 2021 (2021) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract/Article/2680485// (Accessed: 11 December 2024); ‘LRSO Nuclear Missile’s Development Extended, Funding Deferred.’ AIR & SPACE FORCES MAGAZINE, 23 March 2024. Available at: LRSO Nuclear Missile’s Development Extended, Funding Deferred.

[ii] Napoli, Jessica, Collins Aerospace to deliver launch platform for ICBM modernization program. Collins Aerospace, 9 November 2020. Available at: https://www.collinsaerospace.com/newsroom/News/2020/11/Collins-deliver-launch-platform-ICBM-modernization-program.

[iii] Ibid.

[iv] CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending, 22 February 2022. Available at: CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending (Accessed: 11 December 2024);
Contracts for February 22, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 11 December 2024);
CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending, 30 June 2021. Available at: CONTRACT to ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC. | USAspending (Accessed: 11 December 2024);
Contracts for September 28, 2022 (2022) U.S. Department of Defense. Available at: > U.S. Department of Defense > Contract (Accessed: 11 December 2024).

[v] CONTRACT to RAYTHEON COMPANY. | USAspending, 30 June 2023. Available at: IDV to RAYTHEON COMPANY | USAspending (Accessed: 11 December 2024);
‘Raytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s’. DEFENSE DAILY, 29 June 2023. Available at: Raytheon Receives $625 Million Contract for Force Element Terminals for B-52s - Defense Daily.  

[vi] More than £2 billion to boost UK submarine programme. Government of the United Kingdom, 9 may 2022. Available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/more-than-2-billion-to-boost-uk-submarine-programme.

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