LONDON, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- After 36 years of dedicated service to
Raytheon, Peter McKee, Managing Director of Raytheon Systems Limited (RSL),
plans to retire from the company at the end of February, 2002.
Bob McIntyre has been named RSL Managing Director, succeeding Peter. Bob
joined RSL last March from Raytheon's Electronics Systems Business in El
Segundo, CA, as the Director of Operations, responsible for programme
management, including the design, manufacture and support of RSL products.
During the past four years, under Peter McKee's leadership, RSL has grown
into a major provider of defence and commercial electronics in the U.K. His
contributions will long be remembered on the Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR)
programme. Peter also placed his stamp of success on the Successor
Identification Friend or Foe (SIFF) programme.
Peter joined Raytheon in 1966 at the Cossor Electronics subsidiary in
Harlow. He was Managing Director of Raytheon's corporate jet business in the
U.K., responsible for engineering and manufacturing of the Hawker aircraft. He
was joint Managing Director of BSG, a Raytheon subsidiary in the electronics
controls industry, and Managing Director of Data Logic, a Raytheon subsidiary
in the software and systems industry.
Bob McIntyre brings more than 35 years of experience in defence
electronics general management, programme and engineering management and in
staff functions. Prior to joining RSL, Bob was Vice President of Programmes
for Surveillance and Reconnaissance at Raytheon's Electronic Systems business.
He is a founding member of the Raytheon Programme Management Council and is
the leader of the Raytheon Corporate Programme Management Training Team.
Raytheon Systems Limited is the UK-based subsidiary of Raytheon Company.
With nearly 2,000 employees throughout the country, RSL services both defence
and commercial markets. Raytheon is a major supplier to the UK Ministry of
Defence and has won programmes such as ASTOR (Airborne Stand-Off Radar) and
SIFF (Successor Identification Friend or Foe). The company also participates
as a team player in bids for other programmes such as the Royal Navy's Future
Carrier (CVF), Co-operative Engagement Capability (UK CEC), Javelin and
Precision Guided Bomb. RSL also designs, develops and manufactures ATC
radar, identification systems and anti-jam navigation systems. It is a
specialist supplier of semiconductors and power modules, manufacturing complex
electronic systems, sub-systems and assemblies, and undertakes aircraft
servicing and modification.
With headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts, Raytheon Company is a
global technology leader in defence, government, and commercial electronics,
and business and special mission aircraft.
Note to editors:
Photographs of both Peter McKee and Bob McIntyre are available from the
Raytheon UK website: http://www.raytheon.co.uk Click on "About Us" and select
"Company Structure". Click on the individual names in the organisation chart
for biography and photograph.
For information:
Jackie Berger
Tel: 020 7569 5516
Mobile: 07801 416957
jackie.berger@raytheon.co.uk
Mike Brown
Tel: 020 7569 5518
Mobile: +44 (0)7785 995722
mike.brown@raytheon.co.uk
SOURCE Raytheon
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Related links:
http://www.raytheon.com
CONTACT:
Jackie Berger, 020 7569 5516, Mobile, 07801
416957, jackie.berger@raytheon.co.uk, or Mike Brown, 020 7569
5518, Mobile, +44 (0)7785 995722, mike.brown@raytheon.co.uk, both
of Raytheon
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