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Raytheon Announces Leaders For Consolidated Segments Under UTC Deal

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 23rd, 2019

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Raytheon Announces Leaders For Consolidated Segments Under UTC Deal

Roy Azevedo, President, Intelligence, Space and Airborne Systems. Photo: Raytheon

Raytheon [RTN] on Wednesday announced the leadership of its business segments that will be consolidated as part of the pending acquisition of the company by United Technologies Corp. [UTX], with current segment executives Roy Azevedo and Wesley Kremer staying on board. Azevedo, who has been president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems since 2018, will lead Intelligence, Space and Airborne Systems at Raytheon Technologies. The new segment consolidates SAS, Intelligence, Information and Services, and Forcepoint, which is a small commercial…

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