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Raytheon Co – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/17 – ‘XML’

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 2/14/18  Raytheon Co                       10-K       12/31/17  139:24M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

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 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries of Raytheon Company                    HTML     40K 
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                Accounting Firm                                                  
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                Earnings to Fixed Charges                                        
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                Officer, Section 302                                             
 7: EX-31.2     Certification of Vice President and Chief           HTML     47K 
                Financial Officer, Section 302                                   
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                Officer, Section 906                                             
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                Financial Officer, Section 906                                   
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17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    126K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets Consolidated Balance    HTML     45K 
                Sheets (Parenthetical)                                           
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    129K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     91K 
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     87K 
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23: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    278K 
24: R9          Earnings Per Share (Eps)                            HTML     86K 
25: R10         eBorders Settlement                                 HTML     42K 
26: R11         Acquisitions and Goodwill                           HTML    109K 
27: R12         Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd. (TRS) Joint        HTML     44K 
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28: R13         Receivables, Net                                    HTML     53K 
29: R14         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities            HTML     82K 
30: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     54K 
31: R16         Other Assets, Net                                   HTML     58K 
32: R17         Commercial Paper and Long-term Debt                 HTML     88K 
33: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     83K 
34: R19         Forcepoint Joint Venture                            HTML     59K 
35: R20         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     76K 
36: R21         Stock-based Compensation Plans                      HTML    152K 
37: R22         Pension and Other Employee Benefits                 HTML    508K 
38: R23         Income Taxes                                        HTML    141K 
39: R24         Business Segment Reporting                          HTML    890K 
40: R25         Quarterly Operating Results (Unaudited)             HTML    135K 
41: R26         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    364K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    190K 
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43: R28         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (Tables)                   HTML     87K 
44: R29         Acquisitions and Goodwill (Tables)                  HTML    104K 
45: R30         Receivables, Net (Tables)                           HTML     50K 
46: R31         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Tables)   HTML     76K 
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48: R33         Other Assets, Net (Tables)                          HTML     54K 
49: R34         Commercial Paper and Long-term Debt (Tables)        HTML     85K 
50: R35         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     77K 
51: R36         Forcepoint Joint Venture (Tables)                   HTML     55K 
52: R37         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     70K 
53: R38         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Tables)             HTML    150K 
54: R39         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Tables)        HTML    506K 
55: R40         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    132K 
56: R41         Business Segment Reporting (Tables)                 HTML    895K 
57: R42         Quarterly Operating Results (Unaudited) (Tables)    HTML    135K 
58: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    207K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
59: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Net     HTML     58K 
                EAC adjustments) (Details)                                       
60: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
                (Inventories) (Details)                                          
61: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     49K 
                (Property, Plant and Equipment, Net) (Details)                   
62: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    111K 
                (Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income) (Details)               
63: R48         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (New     HTML     57K 
                Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption of ASU                  
                2014-09) (Details)                                               
64: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (New     HTML     54K 
                Accounting Pronouncement, Early Adoption of ASU                  
                2016-18) (Details)                                               
65: R50         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     56K 
66: R51         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (EPS from Continuing       HTML     67K 
                Operations) (Details)                                            
67: R52         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (Income from               HTML     49K 
                Participating Securities) (Details)                              
68: R53         Earnings Per Share (Eps) (Weighted-average Shares   HTML     52K 
                Outstanding for Basic and Diluted EPS) (Details)                 
69: R54         eBorders Settlement (Narrative) (Details)           HTML     48K 
70: R55         Acquisitions and Goodwill (Narrative) (Details)     HTML     80K 
71: R56         Acquisitions and Goodwill (Purchase Price           HTML     68K 
                Allocation) (Details)                                            
72: R57         Acquisitions and Goodwill (Intangible Assets        HTML     55K 
                Acquired) (Details)                                              
73: R58         Acquisitions and Goodwill (Rollforward of Goodwill  HTML     76K 
                by Segments) (Details)                                           
74: R59         Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd. (TRS) Joint        HTML     57K 
                Venture Thales-Raytheon Systems Co. Ltd. (TRS)                   
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75: R60         Receivables, Net (Schedule of Receivables, Net)     HTML     50K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R61         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities            HTML     55K 
                (Narrative) (Details)                                            
77: R62         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Net       HTML     65K 
                Contract Assets (Liabilities)) (Details)                         
78: R63         Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities (Schedule  HTML     55K 
                of Contract Assets) (Details)                                    
79: R64         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Narrative)      HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R65         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Property,       HTML     56K 
                Plant and Equipment, Net) (Details)                              
81: R66         Other Assets, Net (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     69K 
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                (Details)                                                        
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                (Details)                                                        
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                long-term debt) (Details)                                        
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                and payments to the Principal Amounts of Long-term               
                Debt) (Details)                                                  
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                (Details)                                                        
88: R73         Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of Annual   HTML     56K 
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89: R74         Commitments and Contingencies (Remediation Cost     HTML     50K 
                Estimates) (Details)                                             
90: R75         Commitments and Contingencies (Schedule of          HTML     54K 
                Environmental Remediation Costs) (Details)                       
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                Outstanding) (Details)                                           
92: R77         Forcepoint Joint Venture (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     54K 
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94: R79         Stockholders' Equity (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     78K 
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                Stock Outstanding) (Details)                                     
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97: R82         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Narrative)          HTML    113K 
                (Details)                                                        
98: R83         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Schedule of         HTML     53K 
                Stock-based Compensation) (Details)                              
99: R84         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Schedule of         HTML     74K 
                Stock-based Compensation Arrangements by                         
                Share-based Payment Award - Restricted Stock and                 
                RSUs) (Details)                                                  
100: R85         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Assumptions used    HTML     51K  
                in Monte Carlo Model) (Details)                                  
101: R86         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Schedule of         HTML     82K  
                Stock-based Compensation Arrangements by                         
                Share-based Payment Award - LTPP) (Details)                      
102: R87         Stock-based Compensation Plans (Assumptions used    HTML     56K  
                in Black-Scholes Model) (Details)                                
103: R88         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Narrative)     HTML    146K  
                (Details)                                                        
104: R89         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Fair value of  HTML     46K  
                plan assets) (Details)                                           
105: R90         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Marketable     HTML     43K  
                securities held in trust) (Details)                              
106: R91         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Pension        HTML     49K  
                Contributions) (Details)                                         
107: R92         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Pension        HTML     59K  
                Benefits Expected to be Paid from Plans or                       
                Companies Assets) (Details)                                      
108: R93         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     62K  
                Components of Net Periodic Benefit Expense                       
                (Income) Pension) (Details)                                      
109: R94         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     62K  
                Components of Net Periodic Benefit Expense                       
                (Income) PRB Benefits) (Details)                                 
110: R95         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     58K  
                Funded Status Amounts Recognized on our Balance                  
                Sheets) (Details)                                                
111: R96         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     58K  
                Reconciliation of Amounts on our Balance Sheets)                 
                (Details)                                                        
112: R97         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Source of      HTML     79K  
                Change in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss)                  
                (Details)                                                        
113: R98         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Adjustment to  HTML     51K  
                Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss) (Details)                  
114: R99         Pension and Other Employee Benefits (PBO & ABO      HTML     49K  
                Schedule) (Details)                                              
115: R100        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     70K  
                Change in Projected Benefit Obligation) (Details)                
116: R101        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     65K  
                Change in Plan Assets) (Details)                                 
117: R102        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     65K  
                Weighted-Average Net Periodic Benefit Cost                       
                Assumptions) (Details)                                           
118: R103        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     62K  
                Weighted-Average Year-End Benefit Obligation                     
                Assumptions) (Details)                                           
119: R104        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Long-term      HTML     46K  
                returns used in ROA assumptions) (Details)                       
120: R105        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML     69K  
                Investment Allocation Ranges) (Details)                          
121: R106        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (Schedule of    HTML    145K  
                Fair Value Measurements of the Company's Pension                 
                Plan Assets By Asset Category And By Level)                      
                (Details)                                                        
122: R107        Pension and Other Employee Benefits (VEBA Trusts)   HTML     53K  
                (Details)                                                        
123: R108        Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details)                  HTML     84K  
124: R109        Income Taxes (Schedule of Provision for Federal     HTML     60K  
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125: R110        Income Taxes (Schedule of Expenses for Income       HTML     74K  
                Taxes that Differ from the US Statutory Rate                     
                Reconciliation) (Details)                                        
126: R111        Income Taxes (Schedule of Domestic and Foreign      HTML     45K  
                Income from continuing operations before taxes)                  
                (Details)                                                        
127: R112        Income Taxes (Schedule of Income Taxes Paid, Net)   HTML     48K  
                (Details)                                                        
128: R113        Income Taxes (Schedule of Deferred Income Tax)      HTML     69K  
                (Details)                                                        
129: R114        Business Segment Reporting (Segment Operating       HTML    122K  
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130: R115        Business Segment Reporting (Components of FAS/CAS   HTML     48K  
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131: R116        Business Segment Reporting (Capital Expenditures)   HTML     57K  
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132: R117        Business Segment Reporting (Depreciation and        HTML     61K  
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133: R118        Business Segment Reporting (Components of Total     HTML     56K  
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134: R119        Business Segment Reporting (Schedule of Property    HTML     47K  
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136: R121        Quarterly Operating Results (Unaudited) (Schedule   HTML     96K  
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