Sandy Brown
Vice President of Mission Solutions & Payloads, Raytheon
Sandy Brown’s recent major achievement involves expanding the company’s Mission Solutions and Payloads sector. This growth supports secret and defense projects for the U.S. military and special programs, boosting the company’s ability to tackle big space challenges for its clients.
Growing up as an Army “brat” and being an Army spouse herself, Brown passionately advocates for equal career opportunities for military spouses. Involved with Joining Forces—a White House initiative supporting military families—Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden invited her to the White House. There, while waiting in line to meet these influential figures, she found herself ahead of Jeff Bezos, who was also waiting his turn. It was a day of pride and gratitude, she recalls.
Why Watch
Brown and her team’s strategy will continue to focus on execution and delivery of strategic programs, while concurrently investing for future growth. They will expand their partnerships to deliver leading-edge space capabilities and kill-chain mission integration, using data-centric technologies, advanced communications and sensing, and artificial intelligence.
Brown said she leads a team committed to serving the individuals who protect and defend our freedoms. Customers rely on Raytheon, with its diverse people and technologies, to develop and integrate advanced systems for U.S. critical defense and civil requirements. The current headlines underscore the urgency of safeguarding the U.S>, making it a profound privilege for Brown to head an organization focused on protecting human life.
“At the forefront of weather monitoring and space-based data utilization, we impact not only the battlefield but also contribute to public safety through navigation and positioning,” she said. “Setting the industry standard for space protection, we deploy mission capabilities at a lightning-fast pace, ensuring transformative technologies support global needs 24/7.”