Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) Chairman, President and CEO William M. Brown has been named chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors for 2019, the company said.
He succeeds outgoing AIA Chairman Tom Kennedy, chairman and CEO of Raytheon.
Brown was appointed president and chief executive officer of Harris in November 2011 and elected chairman of the board in April 2014. He serves on the board of directors for the Celanese Corporation, the board of the Fire Department of New York City Foundation, the council of trustees for the Association of the United States Army and the board of trustees of the Florida Institute of Technology.
AIA advocates for the US aerospace and defense industry on Capitol Hill, within the administration and internationally. Its membership is comprised of more than 340 major aerospace and defense companies and their suppliers. Together, they embody every high-tech manufacturing segment of the industry, including commercial aviation and avionics, manned and unmanned defense systems, and space technologies and satellite communications.
Harris is a technology innovator, solving customers´ toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports government and commercial customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately USD 6 billion in annual revenue. The company is organized into three business segments: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems and Space and Intelligence Systems. Learn more at harris.com.
