Mercury Systems, Inc. announced that Mitch Stevison has joined the company as executive vice president and chief growth officer, effective October 4, 2021. Reporting to Mark Aslett, the company’s president and chief executive officer, Dr. Stevison will drive and align the company’s growth strategy across the enterprise to achieve its growth objectives. Dr. Stevison brings to the company more than 16 years of global experience in the aerospace and defense industry. He comes to the company from Raytheon Missiles & Defense, where he served as vice president of Strategy, overseeing the design and execution of comprehensive business strategy, portfolio shaping, and evaluating investment opportunities to further advance the Raytheon Missiles & Defense portfolio. Dr. Stevison also served as vice president of Strategic and Naval Systems at Raytheon Missiles Systems, prior to Raytheon Company’s merger with United Technologies Corporation in 2020. Prior to that, he was the director of the SM-3® program, where he was responsible for all variants of the SM-3® missile portfolio, both domestically and internationally. Dr. Stevison has previously held senior leadership roles at Lockheed Martin and at Miltec Systems, a Ducommun Company.