Phil Jasper

President, Raytheon RTX

Last Reviewed: October 3, 2026

Executive Summary

Phil Jasper has been president of Raytheon since January 2024, running the RTX business that makes integrated air and missile defense systems, air-to-air missiles, fire control radars, advanced sensors, space-based systems and hypersonic weapons. An aerospace engineer with more than three decades in the industry, he spent most of his career in what became Collins Aerospace, where from 2018 he ran the Mission Systems unit serving military, government and civil customers. There, RTX says, he moved commercial aerospace technology into defense and led the integration of RTX’s connected battlespace effort. He took over Raytheon from a background in avionics and mission systems rather than missiles.

Career Highlights

• President of Raytheon since January 2024.
• President of Collins Aerospace’s Mission Systems strategic business unit, 2018 to 2024.
• Led integration of RTX’s connected battlespace solutions strategic focus area.
• Led one of the industry’s first programs to integrate commercial CNS/ATM capability into a military aircraft fleet.

Professional Journey

Jasper earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University and has spent more than 30 years in the aerospace and defense industry, according to RTX.

In 2018 he was named president of the Mission Systems strategic business unit of Collins Aerospace, then part of United Technologies and later RTX, responsible for military, government and civil solutions. RTX credits him there with transitioning commercial aerospace technologies to defense, including battlefield communications and networking, and with leading one of the industry’s first programs to fully integrate commercial communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management capability into a military aircraft fleet. He also designed and integrated mission capabilities for military aircraft such as airdrop, refueling, intercept and guidance and control.

He led the integration of RTX’s connected battlespace solutions strategic focus area, supporting customers’ multi-domain operations, which Calio cited when RTX appointed him president of Raytheon on 4 January 2024, succeeding Wesley Kremer.

As president of Raytheon he leads its franchises in missile defense, air-to-air missiles, fire control radars and electro-optical and infrared systems and sits on the RTX senior leadership team. RTX operates three businesses, Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney and Raytheon, and employs more than 180,000 people, according to the company. His successor at Mission Systems was Heather Robertson, appointed when Troy Brunk took over Collins Aerospace in 2024.

His predecessor at Raytheon, Wesley Kremer, retired at the end of the first quarter of 2024, according to the release announcing Jasper’s appointment, which said he would lead the newly restructured Raytheon business.

Education

Iowa State University

Bachelor’s degree, Aerospace Engineering

Iowa State University

Master’s degree, Aerospace Engineering