The companies have combined annual sales of $74 billion.
United Technologies, which includes Collins Aerospace and Pratt & Whitney, makes jet engines, controls and seats. Raytheon is a large defense contractor.
The combined company will be called Raytheon Technologies. The merger is expected to close in the first half of 2020.
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