WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 28, 2005  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) announced today that Edward Pliner, Raytheon senior vice president
and chief financial officer, will speak at the Smith Barney Citigroup
Industrial Manufacturing Conference on March 8, 2005. Pliner's presentation is
scheduled to start at 3:45 p.m. EST.

    Pliner's presentation will be web cast live (listen only) through a link
on the Raytheon web site, http://www.raytheon.com/. Replay will be
available through the Raytheon web site, within 1 hour and will remain
available for seven days following the conference. In addition, the slides
used in Pliner's presentation will be posted to the company's web site prior
to the presentation's start.

    Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2004 sales of $20.2 billion, is an
industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people worldwide.

  Contact
   James Fetig
   781.522.5111

  Investor Relations
   Greg Smith
   781.522.5141


SOURCE: Raytheon Company



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