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RTX Corporation

Arlington, VA · Founded 2020

Formed in 2020 by the merger of Raytheon Company and United Technologies' aerospace businesses (Pratt & Whitney, Collins Aerospace). Major products include Patriot missile systems, AMRAAM and Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, Stinger ground-to-air missiles, Pratt & Whitney F-35 engines, and Tomahawk cruise missiles.

FY26 estimated federal contracts

$28B

Illustrative — based on prior-year procurement patterns; will be updated with verified USAspending data as FY26 obligations finalize.

Federal contracts by fiscal year

Federal awards trend

Source: Hand-curated estimate based on prior-year procurement patterns and public 10-K filings. USAspending fragments this recipient across multiple parent registrations, preventing reliable automated rollup.

FY23
$24.2B
FY24
$26.1B
FY25
$27.4B
FY26
$28.0B*

* Illustrative estimate; awaiting USAspending finalization for this fiscal year.

Where the money comes from

Top funding agencies

Department of Defense
93%
$26B
Department of State (FMF)
5%
$1.5B
NASA + Other
2%
$0.5B

Federal lobbying spend

Lobbying disclosures

Contract-to-lobby ratio: 1,930× — for every $1 spent on federal lobbying in 2025, this recipient received approximately 1,930× in federal contracts.

2023
$12.0M
2024
$13.2M
2025
$14.5M

Source: U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

How this recipient compares

Against tracked peers

Same metrics, ranked across all recipients we profile. RTX highlighted; click any other bar to see that recipient's page.

What the government is buying

Major programs

Source: DoD Program Acquisition Costs by Weapon System, FY26 budget request (July 2025). Quantities and dollars reflect the President's FY26 request, which Congress may modify.

Aircraft (2)

Missiles & Missile Defense (6)

Silhouette size reflects FY26 budget request (square-root scaled). Click any system for details. Quantities and dollars reflect the President's FY26 budget request; Congress may modify.

In the bills we track

Bills funding this recipient

Congressional oversight · 8 committees

Committees that authorize or fund these programs

These committees write the appropriations bills, NDAA authorizations, or oversight rules that determine how federal dollars flow to RTX Corporation. Each link goes to the committee's roster and editorial overview.

Disclosed Member trades · 7 Members

Members of Congress who have traded RTX Corporation (Raytheon)

14 disclosed transactions in RTX by 7 Members of Congress. 5 Members sit on a defense-jurisdiction committee — flagged inline below. Click any row to expand transaction detail. Source: U.S. House Periodic Transaction Reports.

Methodology note

Conflict-of-interest flagging is editorial. A disclosed trade is marked "Direct conflict" when the Member sits on a committee with significant jurisdiction over this recipient's sector (Armed Services, Appropriations Defense, Intel, Foreign Affairs/Relations for defense primes). Leadership roles (Chair, Ranking Member, Vice-Chair) receive more prominent treatment than ordinary committee membership. The label does not imply legal violation — Members are permitted to hold and trade individual securities under current law, including via managed accounts. Trades shown are disclosed PTR filings; the conflict assessment is our analytical lens on them.

Source: disclosures-clerk.house.gov, ingested via npm run ingest:house-ptrs

Related entities

Subsidiaries, parents, partners

Pratt & Whitney

Subsidiary (jet engines)

Collins Aerospace

Subsidiary (avionics, ejection seats)

Raytheon Technologies

Former name (pre-2023)

What's worth knowing

Most U.S. air-to-air missile inventory traces back to RTX/Raytheon products. The Patriot missile system is central to U.S. arms transfers to allies — Ukraine, Saudi Arabia, Israel — which means RTX benefits from both DoD procurement and Foreign Military Financing simultaneously.

Sus findings mentioning this recipient

Recipient profiles are hand-curated using public sources including USAspending.gov historical data, U.S. Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings, SEC filings (for publicly traded companies), and the bill texts we cover. FY26 figures marked "illustrative" are estimates based on prior-year procurement patterns and will be updated as USAspending obligations finalize. Findings describe public-record patterns. They are not allegations of wrongdoing.