1.   A win by Raytheon would assure the Lexington-based company a place among the top tier of US defense contractors.

2.   Motorola last week sold its Scottsdale-based space and communications division to defense contractor General Dynamics, saying it wanted to focus on its consumer products.

3.   The two were civilian employees of US defense contractors working in Kuwait who said they had wandered into Iraq by mistake.

4.   The two men, who were working for US defense contractors in Kuwait, are being held in Abu Gharib prison outside Baghdad.