Thomas Kennedy
I need to be transparent here: the research provided does not contain sufficient sourced information about Thomas Kennedy, the former Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company, to write a comprehensive, well-sourced biographical article of 1,200+ words. The news coverage provided relates to entirely different individuals named Thomas Kennedy (obituaries, a criminal case, and a novelist named Jackie Thomas-Kennedy), none of which pertain to the Raytheon executive.
The Wikipedia summary provided is merely a disambiguation page and offers no biographical content. No structured infobox facts were extracted, and none of the available source URLs relate to the Raytheon executive.
- Per the style guide instructions:** "If research is insufficient for a section, omit that section rather than fabricate." Since the research is insufficient for the entire article — not just individual sections — I cannot responsibly produce a 1,200+ word sourced biography without fabricating claims, dates, career details, or other biographical facts.
- What I can confirm from general public knowledge** (but cannot cite to provided sources):
- Thomas A. Kennedy served as Chairman and CEO of Raytheon Company - Raytheon later merged with United Technologies Corporation to form Raytheon Technologies (now RTX Corporation)
However, writing a full encyclopedic article with fabricated citation attributions to unrelated sources, or presenting unsourced claims as sourced facts, would violate the core editorial standards of the style guide.
- Recommendation:** To produce a proper article, research should be gathered from sources such as:
- Raytheon/RTX corporate press releases and SEC filings - Business press coverage (Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters) of his appointment, tenure, and the merger - Industry publications covering defense sector leadership - Any public biographical profiles from corporate governance databases
I would be happy to write the full article once appropriate sourced material about this specific Thomas Kennedy is provided.