Defense

WASHINGTON ― Raytheon Technologies said Friday it has named Neil Mitchill as chief financial officer to replace Toby O’Brien, who has stepped down. Mitchill was the corporate vice president for financial planning, analysis and investor relations. He joined United Technologies Corporation in 2014, served as CFO at Pratt & Whitney, and was acting senior vice president and CFO of UTC until…

LONDON – The British Army is looking at how it can increase the firepower of its new Boxer mechanized infantry vehicles to compensate for the decision to axe the more heavily armed Warrior armored vehicle from its lineup. “The Army is conducting an analysis on potential lethality enhancements of Boxer vehicles. As outlined in the recent Integrated Review, modernizing our armored…

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force general in charge of managing the service’s bomber inventory slammed the Army’s new plan to base long-range missiles in the Pacific, calling the idea expensive, duplicative and “stupid.” “Why in the world would we entertain a brutally expensive idea when we don’t, as the [Defense] Department, have the money to go do that?” Gen. Timothy Ray, who…