IPentagon iklomelise umdondoshiya wezokuvikela iRaytheon Technologies ngaphezulu kuka-$2.36 billion ezinkontilekeni zikahulumeni selokhu kwaqinisekiswa uNobhala Wezokuvikela uLloyd Austin III ngoJanuwari 22.nd.
U-Austin ubesebhodini labaqondisi bakaRaytheon ngaphambi kokuqinisekiswa kwakhe.
Ngaleso sikhathi u-Austin wayezibophezele ukwesula ebhodini likaRaytheon futhi wahoxa kuzo zonke izindaba eziphathelene noRaytheon iminyaka emine futhi wavuma ukuhlukana nezimali zakhe enkampanini, efinyelela phakathi kuka-$500,000 no-$1.7 wezigidi esitokweni.
Lezi zinhlelo, nokho, azizange zimvimbe u-Austin ekusebenziseni isikhundla sakhe ukuqinisa ingcebo kaRaytheon. Noma labo babanye osonkontileka bezokuvikela ahlezi ebhodini labo njengoBooz Allen Hamilton, “inhlangano yezinhloli enenzuzo kakhulu emhlabeni,” ngokuvumelana ne Izindaba ze-Bloomberg, kanye ne-Pine Island Capital, inkampani ezimele etshala imali embonini yezempi.[1]
Esigcawini sokuqokwa kuka-Austin, uSenator u-Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wambuza mayelana nobudlelwano bakhe noRaytheon—indlunkulu yakhe izinze esifundeni sasekhaya sakwaWarren (Waltham, Massachusetts).
Ngonyaka owedlule, uWarren wayehlongoze izinguquko ezingokomthetho zokuqinisa izimiso zokuziphatha eMnyangweni Wezokuvikela uvimba umnyango ojikelezayo phakathi kwePentagon kanye nosonkontileka abakhulu bezokuvikela abanjengoRaytheon, okuhlanganisa nokwenqabela osonkontileka abakhulu bezokuvikela ekuqasheni ababeyizikhulu zePentagon iminyaka emine ngemva kokushiya uhulumeni.
Warren ngokuxakayo ivotele ukuqinisekisa ukuqokwa kuka-Austin njengoNobhala Wezokuvikela-yize efaka ingozi yomnyango ojikelezayo.
UMark Pocan (D-WI), owabhala noBarbara Lee incwadi Incwadi ngoNovemba 2020 kuMongameli Okhethiwe uJoe Biden ecela ukuthi aqoke uNobhala Wezokuvikela ngaphandle kobudlelwane bangaphambilini nabakhiqizi bezikhali, wathi "ukuphepha kwezwe laseMelika akufanele kuchazwe ngemigqa engezansi yeBoeing, General Dynamics kanye neRaytheon."
Njengoba amadoda afana no-Austin ephethe, nokho, kuchazwa ngokucacile ngale ndlela.
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Ibika imali engenayo engaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama- $ 97.5 ngo-2020, uRaytheon waqala impilo yakhe yebhizinisi ngo-1922 i-American Appliance Company, ukuthuthukisa amafriji nezingxenye zomsakazo kanye ukwenza intuthuko kubuchwepheshe be-vacuum tube kanye ne-electronics ehlobene. Le nkampani yafakwa enkontilekeni yezempi phakathi neMpi Yezwe II lapho yenza amashubhu kamagnetron ukuze asetshenziswe ezinhlelweni ze-radar.
Omunye wabasunguli benkampani, Vannevar Bush, waba umongameli we-Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) kanye nosihlalo weHhovisi Lesayensi Yezokucwaninga Nokuthuthukiswa Kwase-US (OSRD) phakathi neMpi Yezwe II, eyasungula i-Manhattan Project eyaholela ekwakhiweni kwebhomu le-athomu.
Namuhla, uRaytheon waziwa kakhulu njengomenzi wemicibisholo yePatriot neTomahawk.
Iphinde ibe yingqalabutho ekuthuthukisweni kwe phezulu kuya emoyeni futhi imicibisholo yomoya ukuya emoyeni nezikhali ezinembayo—kuhlanganise imicibisholo eqondisiwe namabhomu aqondiswa nge-laser—futhi akhiqize imicibisholo yenuzi eyethulwe ngomoya eyingxenye ye-US nuclear triad.
Ngo-2003, uRaytheon wakhipha umbiko kwabezindaba eqhosha ngalokho uhhafu wayo yonke imicibisholo eqondiswa ngokunemba okusuka emoyeni kuya emhlabathini (PGMs) esetshenziswa amabutho omfelandawonye ku-Operation Iraqi Freedom yenziwa nguRaytheon..
URaytheon naye wayeyi- usonkontileka wokuqala omkhulu wezokuvikela ukudayisela izikhali eSaudi Arabia, ukuthengisa umbuso ngamabhomu eqoqo ayi-1,000 aklanyelwe ukukhulisa izisulu zabantu phakathi kuka-1970 no-1995. Inkampani ngokuqhubekayo aqasha amalungu omndeni wasebukhosini waseSaudi njengabaxhumanisi, Futhi wavula igatsha e-Riyadh ngo-2017.
Ngemuva kokuthi impi yase-Yemen iqale ngo-2015, uRaytheon, ngokusho kuka ukuhlaziya ngu I-New York Times, ibhukhe imali engaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu zamaRandi ekuthengisweni kwamabhomu amasha kwaSaudis, okwenza izintengo zayo zesitoko zikhuphuke zisuka cishe ku-$108 ziye ngaphezu kwama-$180 isabelo ngasinye.
Ngo-2019, uRaytheon wathengisa okulinganiselwe $8 billion ngezikhali eziya eSaudi Arabia nase-United Arab Emirates, ezihileleke kakhulu empini yaseYemen.
Ngemuva kokuhlasela kwendiza yaseSaudi ngo-Okthoba 2016 emzini wabangcwabi eSana'a okwashona abantu abangu-140 kwalimala abanye abangu-500, abasebenzi bamalungelo abantu bathola ibhomu elinenombolo kamazisi. Raytheon.[2]
Kwakungolunye lokuhlaselwa okungenani okungu-12 kwezakhamuzi izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu eziboshelwe kumthetho kaRaytheon phakathi neminyaka emibili yokuqala yempi.
Ukuze kuvikelwe amadili aseSaudi anenzuzo, uRaytheon wasebenzisa ithuba lokusebenzisa izintuba zenhlangano ngokuthumela ababeyizikhulu zoMnyango Wezwe ukuthi bayonxenxa ozakwabo bangaphambili, futhi kamuva bahlomula ngokuthi lowo owayengumgqugquzeli wabo omkhulu, uMark Esper, aqokwe njengoNobhala Wezokuvikela ngoJuni 2019 njengokwandulela ukuqashwa kukaGeneral Austin.
UPhyllis Bennis we-Institute for Policy Studies, ophiko lwesobunxele, utshele I-Intercept ukuthi njengoba “uRaytheon enza izingxenye zebhomu ezisetshenziswa eYemen, [General Austin] inomthwalo wemfanelo oqondile [ngamacala empi nokufa kwezakhamuzi]. Ubeyenza imali njengelungu lebhodi lale nkampani ebhekene ngqo nokufa nokucekelwa phansi lapho. "
UWilliam Hartung, umqondisi wohlelo lwezikhali nezokuphepha lweCentre for International Policy, washo lokho "Ukukhetha u-Austin kwakufana nokwenza isikhundla sikaNobhala Wezokuvikela uNobhala Wezonkontileka Wezokuvikela."
Izinkontileka zikaRaytheon zika-2021 zePentagon
Ngokuhambisana nokuhlolwa kuka-Hartung, uRaytheon uhlomule ezinkontilekeni zikahulumeni zezigidi zamarandi cishe nsuku zonke kusukela u-Austin ethathe izintambo ePentagon.
NgoFebhuwari 1st, inkampani yathola a inkontileka kahulumeni engu-$290,704,534 yokukhiqiza imishini yezindawo zokugcina idepho kanye nezinsizakalo ezisekela i-F-35 Lightning II., umhlaziyi wezempi uPierre Sprey aveze njenge "Ukukhuluphala ngokweqile futhi kuyingozi."
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