RTX: Connecting and protecting our world

Every day, more than 185,000 employees across our company and its three businesses – Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon – work as one to answer the biggest questions and solve the hardest problems in aerospace and defense. To put their work in perspective:

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Every second

of every day, an aircraft carrying RTX technology takes flight​

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≈50%

of the world’s population is protected by our defense products 

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90%

of all Department of Defense and commercial space launches are supported by our products

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11 million

air travel passengers are supported every day by our safe and efficient aviation systems

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1 billion

gallons of fuel have been saved by our increasingly efficient aircraft engines

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70%

of the airborne communications for the U.S. and allied nations​ are supported by our technology

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Asking better questions unlocks the power of innovation for the advancement of bold new technologies that are redefining the future of aerospace and creating next-level defense solutions.

See our answers

At RTX, we're a diverse team of explorers united in our goal to push the boundaries of known science – and solve the world's most complex problems.

We design. We engineer. We code. We research. We patent. We test. We learn. We iterate. We manufacture. We produce.

We are advancing aviation, building smarter defense systems and creating innovations to take us deeper into space. Progress is not inevitable. It is initiated – by tirelessly asking the hard questions and finding answers.

Progress defines the future and defines us – because the progress we make matters.

Transformative technologies

Overall

With more than 100 years of experience, our research and development team is creating breakthrough technologies in fields such as artificial intelligence, advanced propulsion, electrification and thermal management.

Transformative Technologies

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