RTX Corporation, the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, has agreed to pay more than $950 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government and paid bribes to secure business

RTX agreed on Wednesday to pay about $950 million to resolve federal charges it defrauded the U.S. Department of Defense into overpaying for defense systems and bribed an official in Qatar to secure business from the Middle East country's air force.

The Raytheon subsidiary of defense contractor RTX agreed to pay more than $950 million to settle U.S. Department of Justice investigations. Raytheon was charged in New York federal court with a scheme to bribe a high-level government official in Qatar to obtain lucrative business there,

The settlement resolves a federal probe that was opened after a lawsuit in California accused the defense contractor of funneling $1.9 million in bribes to a brother of Qatar’s emir.

An RTX unit on Wednesday agreed to pay more than $370 million to resolve U.S. charges that it conspired to pay bribes to an official in Qatar in exchange for help securing business from the Middle East country's armed forces.

The Justice Department announced the defense contractor has agreed to three years of independent monitoring after violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

RTX Corp., the defense contractor formerly known as Raytheon, agreed Wednesday to pay $950 million to resolve allegations that it defrauded the government and paid bribes to secure business with Qatar.