Massachusetts-based defense contractor Raytheon has snagged a $37.7 million US Navy torpedo contract that includes options which could bring the cumulative value of the contract to nearly $449 million.
Five companies located in the MetroWest region earned the highest scores possible on the Human Rights Campaign's annual Corporate Equality Index (CEI), that measures major companies' lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) inclusion in the workplace.
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Tewksbury-based Raytheon Co. a "foreign military sales contract" to design and implement an air and missile defense operation center for the State of Qatar.
Waltham-based Raytheon will lead a team of Massachusetts-based companies that will convert Bay State tolling to an automatic system that will allow drivers to pass through toll stations without slowing down.
After a 12-year hiatus, Raytheon will once again design and engineer satellite communication networks for the U.S. Air Force out of its Marlborough facility.
The CEO of Raytheon will retire at the end of March and will be replaced by the defense contractor's executive vice president and chief operating officer, the Waltham-based company announced today.
Defense contractor Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division, which has operations in Marlborough, has won a $134.4 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop a terminal that transmits emergency messages to aircrews during nuclear and non-nuclear missions, the company announced.