Tabletop Hovercraft

Laura McGill is an aerospace systems engineer. She was inspired to study the science of flight by an elementary school teacher who was also a private pilot. She attended many airshows with her family and read about the technical challenges that were overcome in the development of leading-edge air and spacecraft. As a chief engineer of major defense systems, she has led teams of hundreds of engineers and scientists to work together in developing never before demonstrated performance and capabilities. McGill now co-leads Raytheon Missiles & Defense, an organization of 15,000 engineers that creates the sophisticated systems that protect our military service women and men, as well as the U.S. homeland from the threat of missile strikes.