[SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has appointed Dr. James W. Wade to the position of vice president, Mission Assurance. Wade will report to Mark E. Russell, the company's vice president of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance.

Wade joins Raytheon from MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he was the head of its Safety and Mission Assurance Office from 2006 to 2010. At Lincoln Laboratory, he led the Laboratory efforts to establish a mission assurance capability and to apply mission assurance to many of its larger programs. He was also responsible for enhancing the system and component development capabilities for hardware, software, integration and quality. Prior to joining MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Wade spent 13 years with NASA at the Johnson Space Center from 1993 to 2006. While at NASA, he held a number of management and leadership positions, most recently as the manager of the International Space Station's Safety and Mission Assurance/Program Risk Office.