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Raytheon Technologies to Move HQ from Massachusetts to Northern Virginia
https://www.defenseone.com ^ | JUNE 7, 2022 | MARCUS WEISGERBER

Posted on 06/08/2022 6:32:34 PM PDT by 11th_VA

Raytheon Technologies will move its headquarters from Boston's suburbs to Washington, D.C.'s this fall, putting all of the five largest defense companies in National Capital Region.

The offices will be in the Rosslyn neighborhood of Arlington, Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington and within sight of the Pentagon.

“The location increases agility in supporting U.S. government and commercial customers and serves to reinforce partnerships that will progress innovative technologies to advance the industry,” the company said in a statement. “Washington, D.C., serves as a convenient travel hub for the company’s global customers and employees.”

Last month, Boeing last month announced it would move its own headquarters from Chicago to Arlington. Northrop Grumman and General Dynamics are both headquartered in Northern Virginia, while Lockheed Martin is based in Bethesda, Maryland, another D.C. suburb.

"With four of the top five major U.S. aerospace and defense leaders now based in Virginia, this decision [by Raytheon Technologies] to headquarter in Arlington demonstrates that the Commonwealth is the best destination for the aerospace and defense community," Gov. Glenn Youngkin said in a statement.

… Raytheon has been based in Massachusetts since its founding a century ago

(Excerpt) Read more at defenseone.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; US: Maryland; US: Massachusetts; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: arlington; bethesda; boeing; boston; generaldynamics; glennyoungkin; lockheedmartin; maryland; massachusetts; northropgrumman; raytheon; virginia
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1 posted on 06/08/2022 6:32:34 PM PDT by 11th_VA
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To: 11th_VA

Close to the teat that feeds it.


2 posted on 06/08/2022 6:36:17 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: Nextrush

they need The Farm


3 posted on 06/08/2022 6:42:55 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: 11th_VA

This isn’t just about proximity to The Swamp. Northern Virginia has extensive infrastructure in fiber-optic and main internet servers.


4 posted on 06/08/2022 6:53:03 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

Why stay in Massachusetts? The whole state hates them.


5 posted on 06/08/2022 6:53:05 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan (qd4)
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

They are going from one liberal hellhole to another. But Northern Virginia is closer to the levers of power than Massachusetts.


6 posted on 06/08/2022 6:56:25 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: 11th_VA

Inside the Emerald City


7 posted on 06/08/2022 6:57:18 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 11th_VA

Raytheon is run by morons. My brother in law does contract work for Pratt and Whitney which is owned by Ratheon and they are running it into the ground.


8 posted on 06/08/2022 7:01:51 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

fer’ shure you want your best pals around close..

the farm needs a another barn 🐦


9 posted on 06/08/2022 7:03:31 PM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: 11th_VA

Amazon, Boeing, Raytheon, ect... They must really want to keep the real-estate bubble going in the DC metro area.


10 posted on 06/08/2022 7:04:33 PM PDT by TBall
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Actually, DC home prices have risen slower than anywhere else in the past two years...a modest 10% compared to places like Phoenix at closer to 40%


11 posted on 06/08/2022 7:06:34 PM PDT by Rural_Michigan
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To: 11th_VA

That’s fine as long as it doesn’t bring its MA workers and their cultural and political perversions to VA as well...


12 posted on 06/08/2022 7:07:37 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Rural_Michigan

Well, a nice home in DC is starts over $2M


13 posted on 06/08/2022 7:09:11 PM PDT by TBall
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To: SuperLuminal

Northern Virginia is a liberal wasteland. Not to say that many great conservative people don’t still reside there, but they are the vast minority.


14 posted on 06/08/2022 7:13:20 PM PDT by TBall
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Northern Virginia is a liberal wasteland. Not to say that many great conservative people don’t still reside there, but they are the vast minority.

Still better than Montgomery County, MD.

15 posted on 06/08/2022 7:16:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Nextrush

All those retired Generals and Colonels won’t have to move when they get their new jobs at the defense contractor facilities.


16 posted on 06/08/2022 7:35:40 PM PDT by OHPatriot (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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17 posted on 06/08/2022 7:42:02 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: TBall

Yep...
When I lived, for a couple of years, in Fairfax (Reagan was President), it was just beginning to show some tendencies for political perversion...


18 posted on 06/08/2022 7:44:21 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: 11th_VA

In the event of war, doesn’t anyone see the downside to this?


19 posted on 06/08/2022 7:51:24 PM PDT by krogers58
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To: T.B. Yoits

Yea, and minimal infrastructure in roads and other forms of transportation.


20 posted on 06/08/2022 7:55:58 PM PDT by brianl703
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