Does Raytheon (RTX) support Israel?

Raytheon (now RTX) has co-developed Israel's David's Sling air-defense system with state-owned Rafael Advanced Defense Systems since the program began in 2006: Raytheon helped develop the two-stage Stunner interceptor and produces the system's missile firing units. Framed precisely: the program is jointly funded by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency and the Israel Missile Defense Organization, so U.S. government money underwrites much of the work. David's Sling was declared operational with the Israeli Air Force in 2017, and Raytheon markets the SkyCeptor derivative of the Stunner to other countries such as Poland.

Raytheon Missiles & Defense and Rafael signed a joint venture — Raytheon Rafael Area Protection Systems, now known as R2S — to build the first Iron Dome all-up-round production facility outside Israel, manufacturing Tamir interceptors and the SkyHunter U.S. derivative. The JV capped more than a decade of Raytheon-Rafael teaming on Iron Dome: after the March 2014 U.S.-Israel co-production agreement opened Iron Dome component manufacturing to U.S. industry, Raytheon became Rafael's U.S. production partner for Tamir components. Iron Dome development and interceptor procurement have been funded in large part by U.S. government appropriations to Israel.

The Raytheon-Rafael R2S joint venture received a $1.25 billion contract from the Israel Missile Defense Organization (part of Israel's Ministry of Defense) to produce Tamir interceptors, missile kits and test equipment for Israel's Iron Dome. This is a direct commercial sale to the Israeli government — not a U.S. Foreign Military Sales case — filled from the JV's new East Camden, Arkansas plant, the first U.S. facility to build complete Tamir rounds; the same plant builds the SkyHunter variant for the U.S. Marine Corps.

During the Gaza war, the U.S. State Department approved a $102.5 million Foreign Military Sale to Israel of 30 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles plus a spare guidance section, with RTX Corporation (Tucson, Arizona) as prime contractor. Framed precisely: this is a government-to-government sale — the U.S. government contracts RTX to build the missiles for Israel — announced as part of the August 2024 package of arms approvals for Israel.

Two weeks after October 7, then-CEO Greg Hayes told investors on RTX's Q3 2023 earnings call — when asked about increased U.S. defense funding tied to Israel — that "across the entire Raytheon portfolio, you're going to see a benefit of this restocking," adding the conflict would likely lead to additional orders on top of a rising Pentagon budget. This was an executive statement about business opportunity from the war, not a donation.

A US Air Force contract (FA8604-05-D-0050, task order 0001) signed on 20 June 2006 paid $2,175,711.87 to United Technologies Corporation — then Pratt & Whitney's parent, and the award is recorded at Pratt & Whitney's East Hartford, Connecticut address; USAspending.gov now maps the recipient to RTX Corporation — for aircraft-engine technical representative services, with Israel as the place of performance and a period of performance ending 30 September 2009. The award was not available for competition and was placed under FAR 6.302-4, "international agreement"; product/service code L016 is technical representative services for aircraft components, and the DoD claimant programme is "aircraft engines and spares". Foreign funding on this task order is recorded as "not applicable", so it was paid out of the US budget rather than through Foreign Military Sales. This is a US government contract with the manufacturer for engine support work performed in Israel, not a payment to Israel itself.

A US Air Force contract (task order 0002 under FA8604-10-D-7956) signed on 6 January 2010 obligated $1,295,881 to RTX Corporation, with "ISRAEL" as the entire description text and a period of performance ending 31 December 2011. The rest of the record does identify the work: product/service code L016, technical representative services for aircraft components; DoD claimant programme "aircraft engines and spares"; Israel as the place of performance; and the award placed without competition under FAR 6.302-4, "international agreement". Unlike the 2006 task order above, foreign funding here is recorded as "foreign funds FMS" — the work was paid for through Foreign Military Sales rather than out of the US procurement budget. Recorded as a verified government-to-contractor award for engine support work in Israel, not a donation. USAspending.gov is itself a primary federal record; no independent news coverage of this task order was found.

Seven further Department of Defense (Navy/Air Force) task orders to RTX Corporation between 2008 and 2023 each individually name Israel or the Israeli Ministry of Defense as recipient: "ISRAELI MINISTRY OF DEFENSE PROGRAM SUPPORT" (2008-07-22, $182,532); "PROPULSION SITE ACTIVATION CY2012 FOR GOVT OF ISRAEL" (2012-04-27, $38,053.56); "ISRAEL CETS COVERAGE" (2012-03-23, $308,270); "TASK ORDER - ISRAEL" (2012-07-01, $307,186); "P&W TO PROVIDE MRO&U SUPPORT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL" (2012-09-27, $1,045,208); "PROPULSION SITE ACTIVATION CY2013 FOR ISRAEL" (2013-06-17, $56,334); and "F100 ISRAEL IN-COUNTRY REVIEW CONFERENCE SETUP" (2023-08-14, $33,379). Combined value across these seven actions is $1,970,962.56. Each is a routine engine-sustainment or support task order between the U.S. government and RTX/Pratt & Whitney, not a donation to Israel; a separate 2026 Navy task order (N0001926F0177, $1,056,744) was excluded because it funds propulsion support across sixteen countries including Israel and does not isolate an Israel-specific amount.

Al Jazeera Arabic, summarising a Haaretz compilation by Oded Yaron published on 9 December 2025, listed among Israel’s purchases of American war materiel "thousands of Hellfire and AMRAAM missiles ($1.1 billion) from Lockheed Martin and Raytheon", in deals signed between 2024 and 2025. Attributed precisely: AMRAAM is the Raytheon (RTX) product and Hellfire is Lockheed Martin’s, so the $1.1 billion covers two manufacturers and two missile types and no part of it can be assigned to RTX alone — which is why no amount is recorded on this row. The purchases are paid for out of US military aid, which the same report puts at about $3.8 billion a year for Israel under the 2019-2028 memorandum, not out of RTX’s own money. The compilation gives no breakdown by company or by case, so it cannot be matched against the $102.5 million AIM-120C-8 sale approved in August 2024 that is listed separately on this page, and the two figures must not be added together. The Haaretz original sits behind a paywall, so the figure is cited from the Arabic summary we read.