If you do take a job at Raytheon, from experience with my contacts at five different Raytheon sites, you will find that 'processes' are sacrosanct, although often they are sloppily executed due to over tasking of employees, and seldom for those that are meaningless clerical check offs will any attempt to by pass the formality be considered. That you questioned the purpose suggests that you are not the type of employee who will prosper in the Raytheon bureaucratic culture. But as a intern it will be a good entry for your resume, and finding work at a better company.