The other shoe has finally dropped for Raytheon and parent company RTX Corp., as two U.S. regulators announced $950 million in penalties to settle transgressions related to using false information to set prices in defense contracts, a False Claims Act violation related to inflated prices on numerous government contracts, and bribes paid to government officials in Qatar that violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

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