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Leanne Caret, former CEO of the defense, space and security unit at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been elected to the board of directors at Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX). “With a focus on rapid deployment of highly complex systems, she has driven development of groundbreaking technology solutions throughout her tenure,” Greg Hayes, CEO and chairman...

Leanne Caret, former CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, will provide recruitment-related consulting support to the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor through her consulting firm GCubed Group, the Wichita Business Journal reported Tuesday. Caret, a five-time Wash100 awardee, transitioned to the role of exec...

The board of directors for the Association of the U.S. Army has nominated Christopher Kubasik, vice chair and CEO of L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), and Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, to serve as directors on the board. AUSA said Tuesday Kubasik would succeed William Brown, who...

Ted Colbert, a 13-year Boeing (NYSE: BA) veteran, will assume the roles of president and CEO of the company’s defense, space and security business on April 1. He will succeed Leanne Caret, who will retire later this year after a nearly 35-year career with the Chicago-based aerospace and defense contractor, Boeing said Monday. Caret, a...

Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed chairman of the Aerospace Industries Association’s board of governors for 2022. He will also serve on the association’s executive committee along with Spirit AeroSystems President and CEO Tom Gentile, who is set...

Heidi Grant, director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, will join Boeing (NYSE: BA) on Nov. 8 to serve as vice president of business development with oversight of the company’s defense, space and government services sales organization. She will directly report to Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s defense, space and securi...

Swedish company Saab, Boeing‘s (NYSE: BA) teammate in the U.S. Air Force T-7A trainer program, has opened a factory in West Lafayette, Indiana to manufacture the aft section of the military branch’s future pilot training system. The 100,000-square-foot facility will take over the production of the Red Hawk aircraft’s aft section fr...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 25, 2021 — Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) defense, space and security business, has dubbed the recent demonstration of the capability of a company-built unmanned aircraft system to perform an air-to-air fuel transfer mission as a “history-making event” and attributed the test completion to its ...

Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), has received a 2021 Wash100 Award for her successful efforts to drive innovative solutions across the technology and defense landscape, as well as spearheading investments to grow the BDS business unit. Caret was presented her fifth consecutive Wash100 Award, the most pre...

TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 9, 2021 — Boeing (NYSE: BA) and the Australian air force demonstrated the performance of the company-built Loyal Wingman teaming aircraft during an initial test flight, ExecutiveBiz reported March 2. “Boeing and Australia are pioneering fully integrated combat operations by crewed and uncrewed aircraft,” said Leanne Ca...