Raytheon plans expansion of its Missile Systems business headquarters located in Southern Arizona 52111163

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Raytheon plans expansion of its Missile Systems business headquarters located in Southern Arizona
Raytheon Company plans to expand its Southern Arizona operations by adding nearly 2,000 jobs at the Missile Systems business headquarters over a five year period. The company plans to hire workers at all skill levels with an emphasis on engineering and other higher-wage, technical positions. Job creation, facilities expansion and operational output is expected to result in billions of dollars of economic impact for Arizona over 10 years.
     
Raytheon plans expansion of its Missile Systems business headquarters located in Southern Arizona 640 001 Raytheon Company plans to expand its Arizona operations by adding  2,000 jobs at the Missile Systems business headquarters over a five year period (Photo Raytheon)
     
"These rewarding, high technology jobs will support Raytheon's growth and bring even more top talent to this region," said Dr. Taylor W. Lawrence, Raytheon Missile Systems president. "The strong support we receive from state and local organizations is essential to our expansion plans, and will help provide Raytheon with the workforce and infrastructure to meet the growing demand we are seeing from our customers."

The company's decision to expand here validates Southern Arizona's strengths in innovation, technology and quality as a community to attract and retain talent. State, regional and local partners are working with Raytheon to demonstrate that Arizona has the partnerships, infrastructure and workforce to meet the company's long-term growth needs.

Partners in the expansion initiative include Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, Arizona Commerce Authority, Pima County, City of Tucson, Sun Corridor Inc., Tucson Electric Power and the Tucson Airport Authority.