Raytheon Missile Systems relies on goods and services from around the globe to build its state-of-the-art defense and security products.Yet among the company’s most valued suppliers are the ones here at home. Raytheon spends $82 million annually with Tucson suppliers. Statewide, Raytheon spends more than $150 million with 450 Arizona suppliers.
“We absolutely enjoy a great relationship with local suppliers,” said Mike Jarrett, Raytheon’s vice president of supply chain management.



Raytheon at 60



At age 47, Taylor W. Lawrence's career has followed a trajectory as dramatic as many of the missiles produced at Raytheon Missile Systems, where he's been president since...
