Two presidents have been appointed to lead the Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) businesses that will be consolidated once the Waltham, Mass.-based defense contractor and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) complete their merger.

Neil Mitchill, vice president and chief financial officer of United Technologies Corp.’s (NYSE: UTX) Pratt & Whitney subsidiary, has been appointed to serve as UTC CFO on an acting basis, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

Stockholders at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) approved at their respective meetings the companies’ agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction and create a technology provider that will be known as Raytheon Technologies.

The U.S. Navy has awarded United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) a potential four-year, $325.2M contract to provide aircraft maintenance equipment and depot activation planning support for the F-35 program.

Gail Baker, a more than 30-year veteran of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), has been named vice president of aftermarket services at UTC's Collins Aerospace business.

Nicolas Pujet, a corporate vice president and part of the strategy team at United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), will lead technology and engineering operations at UTC on an interim basis, Hartford Courant reported Wednesday.

Anthony “Toby” O’Brien, chief financial officer of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), will become CFO of the combined company once Raytheon and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) complete their merger.

Ellen Lord, defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment and a 2019 Wash100 winner, said the Department of Defense sees “no major concerns” with the proposed merger of Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), Defense One reported Monday.

Raj Parameswaran, president of the federal information technology business at Maximus, has said that agencies should adopt a holistic approach to address workforce and technology implementation challenges that may arise when modernizing information technology assets.

Jesus “Jay” Malave, a more than 20-year United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTC) veteran, has joined L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) as senior vice president and chief financial officer.