Closed loop: US Navy → Raytheon Technologies (RTX) → Joe Courtney → US Navy

Involved entities

Inference logic

1. Edge A→B: US Navy → Raytheon Technologies (RTX) (relationship: funding-type, "RTX Corp (formerly Raytheon Technologies) is a top career contributor to Courtney, donating $175,046.").
2. Edge B→C: Raytheon Technologies (RTX) → Joe Courtney (relationship: authority-type, "Courtney's role as Ranking Member of Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee leads to submarine procurement (Virginia-class and Columbia-class) being directed to Electric Boat in his district.").
3. Edge C→A: Joe Courtney → US Navy (relationship: benefit-type, "RTX (formerly Raytheon) is a major defense contractor providing missile systems and sensors to the US Navy.").
Each edge is independently documented in the connections table (IDs 17584, 17586, 19235). Together they form a directed cycle: money flows from A, authority flows through B, benefit returns to A. This is the structural definition of a closed conflict-of-interest loop.

Source edges (3)

• Joe Courtney ↔ Raytheon Technologies (RTX) — top career campaign contributor (RTX Corp (formerly Raytheon Technologies) is a top career contributor to Courtney, donating $175,046.)
• Joe Courtney ↔ US Navy — defense procurement beneficiary through Courtney's subcommittee (Courtney's role as Ranking Member of Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee leads to submarine procurement (Virginia-class and Columbia-class) being directed to Electric Boat in his district.)
• US Navy ↔ Raytheon Technologies (RTX) — contractor (RTX (formerly Raytheon) is a major defense contractor providing missile systems and sensors to the US Navy.)

Comparative baseline

Steelman — strongest benign interpretation

Sensitivity

Replication query (SQL)

Anyone can re-execute this query to verify the published value. If the result diverges, the finding auto-flags as stale.

SELECT (
      EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=130 AND entity_b_id=11201) OR (entity_a_id=11201 AND entity_b_id=130)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%investor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%donation%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contributor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contribution%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%funder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%co-founder%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%shareholder%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=11201 AND entity_b_id=83) OR (entity_a_id=83 AND entity_b_id=11201)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory_oversight%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulatory%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%regulator%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee_membership%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%committee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%chair%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointed_by%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%appointment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supervisor%'))
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM connections WHERE ((entity_a_id=83 AND entity_b_id=130) OR (entity_a_id=130 AND entity_b_id=83)) AND (relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%contractor_relationship%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%client%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%supplier%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%vendor%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%grant_recipient%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employment%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%former_employee%' OR relationship_type ILIKE '%consultant%'))
    )::int AS value

Questions this raises

Each question can be commissioned at the matching investigation tier.

• SEED — $5 What is the timeline of these three relationships — does US Navy's support of Raytheon Technologies (RTX) predate Raytheon Technologies (RTX)'s authority over Joe Courtney?
• SKETCH — $20 What is the dollar value flowing on each edge over the past five years?
• SKETCH — $20 Are there public records of Raytheon Technologies (RTX) recusing from any decision involving Joe Courtney?
• DOSSIER — $75 Map every contract, grant, or appointment between the three entities since the loop closed.