{"id":18093,"date":"2021-02-17T17:33:30","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/02\/17\/raytheon-to-challenge-lockheed-aerojet-merger-ceo-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:46:00","slug":"raytheon-to-challenge-lockheed-aerojet-merger-ceo-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2021\/02\/17\/raytheon-to-challenge-lockheed-aerojet-merger-ceo-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Raytheon to challenge Lockheed\u2019s takeover of Aerojet, CEO says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2015 Raytheon Technologies plans to challenge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/12\/20\/lockheed-buys-aerojet-rocketdyne-in-44b-deal\/\" target=_blank>Lockheed Martin\u2019s proposed $4.4 billion takeover of Aerojet Rocketdyne<\/a> with the U.S. government, CEO Greg Hayes said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey [Aerojet Rocketdyne] are a huge supplier to us, and if that merger actually happens, you don\u2019t have an independent supplier on the solid-rocket-motor side. And also, I think it gives us pause as we think about the competitive landscape going forward,\u201d Hayes said at the Barclays Industrial Select virtual conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the deal is completed, Raytheon and Boeing would see a top competitor absorb a key supplier of solid-fuel rocket motors used in Raytheon\u2019s missile systems. Hayes said the company would make its concerns known to the U.S. departments of Defense and Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raytheon had already quietly lobbied to block the acquisition amid concerns it would stifle competition in the missile market, according to industry officials. The firm has held several meetings with the Federal Trade Commission to voice its concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed and Aerojet announced their deal in December, meant to beef up Lockheed\u2019s technical know-how in the areas of space, propulsion and munitions. Aerojet\u2019s business relies on selling propulsion systems and collaborating with other firms, some of which compete for the same business as Lockheed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A decision on the acquisition is seen as a test for the new Biden administration, which was still installing the officials at the Pentagon and the Federal Trade Commission who would oversee the deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Chief Financial Officer Ken Possenriede touted the deal in separate remarks at Barclays, saying that better integrating propulsion systems with missile and rocket designs should improve efficiency, planning and, for nascent hypersonic weapons, effectiveness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed has suggested Northrop Grumman\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2017\/09\/18\/northrop-grumman-approaching-deal-for-75b-purchase-of-orbital-atk\/\" target=_blank>acquisition<\/a> of solid-fuel rocket motor manufacturer Orbital ATK in 2018 would be a regulatory model, wherein Northrop was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2018\/12\/ftc-approves-modified-final-order-imposing-conditions-northrop\" target=_blank>ordered<\/a> to wall off its solid-fuel rocket motors business and make them available to all competitors for missile contracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019d stress is we have every intention of continuing to be a merchant supplier across our industry,\u201d Possenriede said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to continue to play fair, and we\u2019re going to be a very effective supplier for all of our defense primes. And as a merchant supplier under Lockheed Martin\u2019s ownership our business plan, frankly, is to offer it to all customers and that was part of our valuation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, opponents of the Lockheed-Aerojet deal see a cautionary tale in the Northrop-Orbital deal, after the Air Force\u2019s sole-source, $85 billion award to Northrop to build the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent. In that case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2019\/12\/13\/with-boeing-no-bid-northrop-is-the-likely-maker-of-the-air-forces-next-generation-icbms\/\" target=_blank>Boeing declined to bid<\/a> on GBSD, a next-generation intercontinental ballistic missile, because it claimed Northrop\u2019s acquisition of Orbital gave Northrop an unfair advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed\u2019s acquisition of Aerojet could have implications for the Missile Defense Agency\u2019s solicitation to build the Next Generation Interceptor, meant to counter future North Korean intercontinental ballistic missiles and cost $4.9 billion over five years. A Raytheon-Northrop team, a Boeing-General Atomics-Aerojet team, and a Lockheed-Aerojet team announced they would compete for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Loren Thompson, a defense industry consultant and analyst with the Lexington Institute, argued in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/lorenthompson\/2021\/02\/16\/five-issues-washington-should-consider-in-reviewing-a-lockheed-aerojet-merger\/?sh=485679a75345\" target=_blank>column<\/a> Tuesday that the government should approve the proposed acquisition with conditions similar to the Northrop-Orbital consent decree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Regulators, Thompson said, should weigh Aerojet\u2019s fragility as a stand-alone player in the marketplace, that blocking the acquisition would confer an unfair advantage on Northrop Grumman and that the proposed deal would reduce government costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe way the relationship currently works, Aerojet includes a profit margin in the price it charges for its engines, and then Lockheed adds its own profit margin when it bills the government for the finished product. 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