Raytheon Company announced the appointment of Roy Azevedo as President of Space and Airborne Systems, effective September 1, 2018. Azevedo, has been elected a corporate officer and has been named to the Raytheon Corporate Leadership Team. He succeeds Richard R. Yuse, who informed the company of his intention to retire from the company on December 31, 2018. Yuse will serve as a senior advisor to the company during the interim period prior to his retirement. Azevedo most recently served as vice president and general manager of the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems mission area within SAS, where he was responsible for electro-optical/infrared sensors, active electronically scanned array/scanning radars, and various special mission aircraft solutions to provide customers with actionable information for strike and persistent surveillance.