---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000898822-21-000023"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "RTX"
cik: "0000101829"
company_name: "RTX Corp"
filed_at: "2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T04:42:26.028497+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Raytheon Technologies Controller Michael Wood on medical leave; Steven Forrest named acting controller

## Summary
- Michael J. Wood, Corporate Vice President and Controller, began medical leave effective July 16, 2021.
- Steven A. Forrest, Vice President and Assistant Controller, appointed as Acting Controller and acting principal accounting officer same day.
- Forrest has served as VP and Assistant Controller since the April 2020 UTC-Raytheon merger; joined Raytheon in 1999.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000898822-21-000023
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: RTX
- cik: 0000101829
- company_name: RTX Corp
- filed_at: 2021-07-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000089882221000023/0000898822-21-000023-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000089882221000023/form8k20210716.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-21-000023
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-21-000023.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000898822-21-000023.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Michael J. Wood departed as Corporate Vice President and Controller at RTX Corp.
  - Action: taking a medical leave of absence
  - Role: Corporate Vice President and Controller
  source text: Effective July 16, 2021, Michael J. Wood, Corporate Vice President and Controller of Raytheon Technologies Corporation (the “Company”), is taking a medical leave of absence.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000089882221000023/0000898822-21-000023-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven A. Forrest was appointed as Acting Controller and acting principal accounting officer at RTX Corp.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Acting Controller and acting principal accounting officer
  source text: Steven A. Forrest, Vice President and Assistant Controller of the Company, was appointed as Acting Controller of the Company and its acting principal accounting officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/101829/000089882221000023/0000898822-21-000023-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.