MATHCOUNTS® Foundation Announces Raytheon Company as the Title Sponsor of the 2009 MATHCOUNTS National Competition : Raytheon Celebrates and Supports U.S. Middle School Students As They Vie For National Math Bee Champion Title

School Handbook

will be distributed to middle schools across the

country. Thousands of teachers currently use the free materials every

year to supplement classroom materials or as an extracurricular activity.

About MATHCOUNTS

A 501(c)(3) organization, funding for MATHCOUNTS comes primarily from

its National Sponsors; Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Foundation,

National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation,

ConocoPhillips, General Motors Foundation, Lockheed Martin, 3M

Foundation and Texas Instruments Incorporated. MATHCOUNTS was founded by

the National Society of Professional Engineers, CNA Foundation and the

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

About Raytheon

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 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.

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