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Raytheon Employees Reach Out During National Volunteer Week

Across the country and throughout the year, Raytheon employees are involved in a variety of outreach efforts around STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, armed services support and local community projects. These efforts provide positive results for many people, including those in Raytheon's communities.

Raytheon employees tracked thousands of hours in 2010, more than doubling their reported support as compared with 2009, by mentoring and tutoring students, delivering care packages to troops overseas and enriching their communities through local activities.

"Raytheon encourages volunteering because it supports our commitment to corporate responsibility," said William H. Swanson, Raytheon Chairman and CEO. "Volunteering reflects Raytheon's values of focusing on people, integrity, commitment and excellence. Our employees are so passionate, dedicated and caring, and they have quite an impact in all our communities."

Specific examples of Raytheon's efforts include:

    --  STEM initiatives: Raytheon sponsors and participates in numerous math
        and science education programs, including its own MathMovesU® program.
        Since its inception in 2005, MathMovesU has touched the lives of more
        than 1 million students, teachers and parents through interactive
        learning programs, contests, live events, scholarships and tutoring
        programs.
    --  Armed services support: In late 2010, Raytheon provided the Wounded
        Warrior Project with the organization's largest-ever financial grant of
        $2.5 million over five years. The grant supports the project's various
        education initiatives, including the expansion of current, multi-tiered
        information technology training programs with an added focus on
        developing new cybersecurity training opportunities. The grant also
        supports employment assistance services, including the Transition
        Training Academy and Warriors to Work programs.

These services empower candidates to learn new career skills with real-world application opportunities and connect veterans with resources that help match soldiers' skills with appropriate employers. Regionally, Raytheon employees box and send hundreds of care packages to troops overseas and are some of the first to greet soldiers arriving back to the U.S. with our "Welcome Home" and "Send Off" teams positioned at local airports and community facilities.

    --  Local community outreach: Raytheon volunteers engage in hundreds of
        local community outreach events ranging from sustainability efforts such
        as river cleanups to cause-related events including Project Bread's Walk
        for Hunger -- an annual pledge walk to raise money toward alleviating
        local hunger -- and the Special Olympics Massachusetts, which provides
        year-round sports training and athletic competitions for people with
        intellectual disabilities.

Other partnerships and initiatives include the FIRST® Robotics Competition, MATHCOUNTS® National Competition, the "Science of Sports" Science Fair partnership between Raytheon and the New England Patriots, support of the Fisher House Foundation and partnerships with local sports teams to offer event tickets to service members and their families.

Raytheon Company, with 2010 sales of $25 billion, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning 89 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

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Contact: Corinne Kovalsky 781.522.5144 corporatepr@raytheon.com

SOURCE Raytheon Company