
RTX [RTX] on Thursday said that Chris Calio, president and chief operating officer (COO), will become CEO of the aerospace defense giant on May 2, 2024, succeeding Greg Hayes, who has led the company since the 2020 acquisition by United Technologies Corp. (UTC) of Raytheon Co. Calio, 50, became COO in 2022 and a year later added company president to his roles, overseeing the realignment of Raytheon’s two defense segments into a single operating sector as part of RTX. Hayes,…