What is Raytheon?
{{Infobox company |company_name = Raytheon Company |company_logo = Raytheon.svg |company_type = Public |traded_as = {{nyse|RTN}}<br />[[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]] |foundation = [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]] (1922) |founder = [[Vannevar Bush]]<br>Laurence K. Marshall<br>Charles G. Smith |location = [[Waltham, Massachusetts|Waltham]], [[Massachusetts]], [[United States]] |area_served = [[world]]wide |key_people = [[William H. Swanson]]<br><small>([[Chairman]]) & ([[CEO]])</small> |industry = [[Aerospace manufacturer|Aerospace]] and [[Defense contractor|defense]] |revenue = {{Increase}} [[United States Dollar|$]]24.857 billion (''2012'') |operating_income = {{Increase}} [[United States Dollar|$]]2.857 billion (''2012'') |net_income = {{Increase}} [[United States Dollar|$]]1.896 billion (''2012'') |assets = {{increase}} [[United States Dollar|$]]25.854 billion (''2012'') |equity = {{increase}} [[United States Dollar|$]]8.340 billion (''2012'') |num_employees = 71,000 (''2011'')<ref>[http://www.sys-con.com/node/1692152 Raytheon Reports Solid Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2010 Results]. PR Newswire. January 27, 2011</ref> |homepage = [http://www.raytheon.com/ www.Raytheon.com] (established 1999) }} '''Raytheon Company''' is an [[United States|American]] [[defense (military)|defense]] contractor and industrial [[corporation]]. It makes [[military]] [[weapon]]s and commercial [[electronics]]. It is the world's largest producer of guided [[missile]]s.<ref>[http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 Missile maker hopes to diversify, create technology for peacetime] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211203015/http://www.sazhightechconnect.com/headlines/index.cfm?action=view&articleID=265 |date=2012-02-11 }}. Sazhightechconnect.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-04.</ref> Raytheon was set up in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raytheon.com/ourcompany/history/index.html|title=Raytheon Company: History|publisher=Raytheon|accessdate=2