Kathy Warden – chairman, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and a 2020 Wash100 winner -- has been appointed to succeed Kelly Ortberg as chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association's board of governors. AIA named Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, as vice chairman.
Read More »Leanne Caret: Boeing Defense Arm’s Strategy Includes Digital Advancement
TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 29, 2020 — Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, cited digital engineering as a key element for the company's work across various U.S. Air Force programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Oct. 7.
Read More »Leanne Caret, President & CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Receives Fourth Consecutive Wash100 Award
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), accepted her fourth consecutive Wash100 Award from Jim Garrettson, founder and CEO of Executive Mosaic on Monday. Caret received her fourth Wash100 Award for her continued leadership in the development of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, winning major defense contracts for the company and accelerating influential aerospace technology.
Read More »EM’s Weekly Roundup: US Army Awards $13B Enterprise IT Software Recompete Contract; Victoria Coleman Named New DARPA Director; Former Leidos VP William Mintz Named Cerner Chief Strategy Officer; Leanne Caret Talks Boeing’s Military Tech Investments
THIS WEEK’S TOP 10 MOST POPULAR STORIES View Weekly Contract Awards Former Leidos VP William Mintz Named Cerner Chief Strategy Officer William Mintz, former vice president of strategy at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and a more than 25-year industry professional, has joined Cerner (Nasdaq: CERN) as its new chief strategy officer. Cerner said Wednesday that Mintz will …
Read More »Boeing X-37B Team Recognized With Collier Trophy; Leanne Caret Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 28, 2020 — Boeing's (NYSE: BA) partnership with the Department of the Air Force on the X-37B autonomous space plane mission won the National Aeronautic Association's Robert J. Collier Trophy, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 14.
Read More »Leanne Caret: Boeing Invests in Advanced Manufacturing, Digital Tech for Defense Programs
Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, told Defense News in an interview published Monday that she believes the company will be able to deliver on defense programs such as MQ-25 and T-X given its investments in digital engineering and advanced manufacturing processes.
Read More »Boeing, USAF Reach Agreement on KC-46A Remote Vision System Design; Leanne Caret Quoted
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the U.S. Air Force on Thursday signed a memorandum of agreement to implement a final remote vision system design for the KC-46A Pegasus aerial refueling tanker.
Read More »Executive Mosaic Announces 2020 Wash100 Award Recipients; CEO Jim Garrettson Quoted
Executive Mosaic, the leading executive media and events company in the government contracting “GovCon” industry, announced the 2020 winners of the highly coveted and prestigious Wash100 Award. The full list of winners and more information about the award can be found on Wash100.com.
Read More »Boeing Starliner Test Dummy Named ‘Rosie the Astronaut’; Leanne Caret Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, November 27, 2019 — The test dummy for Boeing's (NYSE: BA) initial orbital flight test of the Starliner space taxi will be called "Rosie the Astronaut" in honor of a World War II icon, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday.
Read More »Boeing’s Ahmed Jazzar to Manage Defense Contracts, Partnerships in Saudi Arabia; Leanne Caret Quoted
TYSONS CORNER, VA, September 12, 2019 — Ahmed Jazzar, president of Boeing (NYSE: BA) in Saudi Arabia, will now also be managing the company’s defense contracts with the Saudi government in addition to his present leadership duties over Boeing’s international government and defense programs, ExecutiveBiz reported Aug. 29.
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