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Raytheon is the 4th largest US defence contractor, after Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman.[1] The company is often labelled as America's third largest aerospace company. Raytheon is ranked no. 119 in the 2002 FORTUNE 500 list of America's largest corporations.{{ref|4] The company is the world's largest missile-maker.[2]

Raytheon claims to be 'a global leader in defence and government electronics, business and special mission aviation[3], as well as in areas of weapons manufacture such as air-air missile systems.'[4] In 2000, the company employed 87,200 employees worldwide and had revenues equalling $16.9 billion.