SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549



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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

       Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): October 19, 2001

                                RAYTHEON COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


        Delaware                     1-13699                 95-1778500
(State of Incorporation)    (Commission File Number)        (IRS Employer
                                                         Identification Number)

           141 Spring Street
       Lexington, Massachusetts                              02421
(Address of principal executive offices                    (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (781) 862-6600









Item 5.  Other Events.

         On October 17, 2001, the Registrant announced financial results for its
         fiscal  quarter  ended  September  30, 2001.  In  connection  with this
         announcement, the Registrant issued a press release, a copy of which is
         attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is specifically incorporated herein
         by reference.

         On October 17, 2001, the  Registrant  announced that it had agreed to a
         purchase  price  adjustment  related  to its 1997  merger  with  Hughes
         Defense.  The Registrant also announced that it plans to record a third
         quarter charge of $693 million in connection with its commuter aircraft
         business and $52 million related to used general aviation aircraft.  In
         connection  with these  announcements,  the  Registrant  issued a press
         release,  a copy of which is  attached  hereto as  Exhibit  99.2 and is
         specifically  incorporated  herein  by  reference,  and  the  foregoing
         description  is  qualified  in its  entirety by reference to such press
         release.





Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (c) The following exhibit is filed as part of this report:

         99.1     Press release dated October 17, 2001.

         99.2     Press release dated October 17, 2001.

         99.3     Certificate   of   Amendment   of  Restated   Certificate   of
                  Incorporation  of Raytheon  Company to effect a reverse  stock
                  split of the Registrant's Class A and Class B common stock.

         99.4     Certificate   of   Amendment   of  Restated   Certificate   of
                  Incorporation  of Raytheon  Company to effect a forward  stock
                  split of the Registrant's Class A and Class B common stock.

         99.5     Certificate   of   Amendment   of  Restated   Certificate   of
                  Incorporation   of   Raytheon   Company  to   reclassify   the
                  Registrant's  Class A and Class B common  stock  into a single
                  new class of common stock.




                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the  requirements  of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Dated: October 19, 2001


                                         RAYTHEON COMPANY


                                         By:    /s/ John W. Kapples
                                                John W. Kapples
                                                Vice President and
                                                Secretary







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit
Number         Description



99.1     Press release dated October 17, 2001.

99.2     Press release dated October 17, 2001.

99.3     Certificate of Amendment of Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation  of
         Raytheon  Company to effect a reverse  stock split of the  Registrant's
         Class A and Class B common stock.

99.4     Certificate of Amendment of Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation  of
         Raytheon  Company to effect a forward  stock split of the  Registrant's
         Class A and Class B common stock.

99.5     Certificate of Amendment of Restated  Certificate of  Incorporation  of
         Raytheon  Company to reclassify  the  Registrant's  Class A and Class B
         common stock into a single new class of common stock.