Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has announced the passing of Jon C. Jones, a company vice president, and president of the Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business, who died over the weekend of an apparent heart attack. He was 55.
Jones came on board at Raytheon in 1977. Before taking over as president of the El Segundo, California-based SAS in November 2005, he held the position of vice president and deputy general manager of SAS and had also held a similar position with Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona.
“Jon was a valued contributor to Raytheon for 33 years, an outstanding leader within our company, industry and community, and a dear friend, ” said Raytheon Chairman and CEO William H. Swanson. “He was a wonderful innovator who guided numerous programs of the utmost importance to our men and women in uniform. Everyone who knew and worked with Jon will miss him.”
