WALTHAM, Mass., March 27, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) Board of Directors has elected Michael M. Hoeffler a company officer. He is vice president of the Raytheon Company Evaluation Team (RCET).

As vice president of the RCET, Hoeffler is responsible for conducting independent evaluations on a wide variety of critical issues and programs, helping the RCET team disseminate best practices and drive process improvements across the company. He was named to lead the RCET in February 2008, reporting to Raytheon Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson.

Hoeffler joined Raytheon as an engineer in 1969 and has assumed positions of increasing responsibility, including management of the DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer program, and vice president of Raytheon's worldwide air traffic management business.

Raytheon Company, with 2007 sales of $21.3 billion, is a technology leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world. With a history of innovation spanning more than 85 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications and intelligence systems, as well as a broad range of mission support services. With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 72,000 people worldwide.

  Media Contact
  Jon Kasle
  781.522.5110

SOURCE: Raytheon Company

CONTACT: Jon Kasle of Raytheon Company, +1-781-522-5110

Web site: http://www.raytheon.com/