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VACANCIES
01 Apr 22. Ready to work on European defence cooperation? Looking for a traineeship? EDA’s 2022 Traineeship Programme is open for applications until 12 April. It’s our largest ever programme with 18 opportunities across the Agency. Reasons to apply for a traineeship at the European Defence Agency.
- There is no better time to work on EU defence than now
- The 1-year duration gives you enough time to learn new skills, gain more responsibilities, and build a network
- We offer traineeships in a broad range of domains which allows you to apply for the one that most suits your interests and career goals.
- Do a paid traineeship and jumpstart your EU career in the heart of Europe. 2022 Traineeship Opportunities: Trainee Land and Logistics; Trainee Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO); Trainee Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD). (source :EDA)
27 Mar 22. BAE Systems is looking for more than 400 skilled tradespeople to join their workforce as the Type 26 frigate programme gains momentum. The firm recently tweeted “We’re currently looking for 400 tradespeople to join us in Glasgow. If you are after a career that makes a real difference, we want to speak to you”.
According to their website: “For generations, we’ve been making history on the Clyde in Glasgow. Now you have the opportunity to help us write the next chapter. We have exciting roles for more than 400 skilled trades to help us build the Type 26 frigates for the Royal Navy. These will provide security for our country and allies for decades to come. Building such a complex ship requires exceptionally skilled trade labour.”
Manufacture of these new, highly capable ships is securing about 1,700 skilled shipbuilding jobs in Scotland and some 4,000 jobs throughout the supply chain across Britain until 2035. All told, naval shipbuilding supported 7,000 jobs in Scotland in 2019-20, this is now increasing with the Type 31s being built at Rosyth. (Source: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/)
25 Mar 22. Wing seeks UTM Solutions Manager to help develop drone delivery business. Wing is looking for a UTM Solutions Manager to join our UAS Traffic Management team in the UK. The ideal candidate needs to demonstrated the ability to drive complex projects with external stakeholders, scale products while keeping quality high and a passion for aviation. Wing is an on-demand drone delivery service that can deliver food, medicine or other items within minutes. The company also developed an unmanned traffic management platform to safely route drones through the sky. The candidate will help drive the launch and ongoing upkeep of UAS Traffic Management (UTM) integration projects. This includes both project management and driving technical issues to closure. Projects include OpenSky’s and U-Space services launch and integration. The candidate will also engage with external stakeholders e.g., regulators, ANSPs and industry participants, including technical workshops, bug reporting, and milestone reporting and validation. Application details here: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2942605014/
For more information visit: www.wing.com (Source: www.unmannedairspace.info)
LOCATIONS
LAND
29 Mar 22. Australia opens new housing HQ. A new head office has been opened in Canberra, supporting the ongoing provision of housing services to ADF personnel and their families. Defence Housing Australia (DHA) has officially opened a new headquarters in the Gungahlin CBD in the northern suburbs of Canberra following just over a year and half of construction, which commenced in July 2020. The new office is expected to improve conditions for staff working to deliver housing services for Defence members and their families. The DHA offices in Barton and Fyshwick will now be relocated, moving around 240 staff into one central location. The opening was attended by Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Defence Personnel Andrew Gee and senator for the ACT Zed Seselja.
“Providing housing for the men and women who serve this nation, and their families, is fundamental to the ability of our Defence members to do their jobs, knowing their loved ones at home have security and comfort,” Minister Gee said.
“The staff at DHA do an incredible job delivering these vital services, providing around 17,350 homes right around the country.
“This brand-new building will also accommodate a Defence Working Hub which will allow around 30 personnel the flexibility to work outside of traditional Defence office locations.”
Senator Seselja said the opening was also a significant milestone for the local Gungahlin community.
“Delivering on my election commitment, this is the first Commonwealth agency to be based in the Gungahlin Town Centre and it’s going to be a major boost for local businesses,” he added.
“Local shop owners are already seeing the benefits of this influx of new customers and I’m sure the flow-on effects for local small businesses will be a driver for Gungahlin’s economic future and prosperity.
“Gungahlin is a booming region of the ACT and it’s important we match the residential growth with more local employment opportunities.” (Source: Defence Connect)
MARITIME
31 Mar 22. Keel laid for US Navy’s future USS Patrick Gallagher destroyer. The DDG 127 is the final Arleigh Burke-class vessel in the Flight IIA configuration. General Dynamics (GD) has commenced the construction of the US Navy’s Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) guided-missile destroyer, USS Patrick Gallagher (DDG 127). The start of the construction was marked by a keel-laying ceremony held at Bath Iron Works (BIW) shipyard in Maine, US. In 2018, the US Navy named the Arleigh Burke-class DDG 127 to honour Gallagher. The ceremony also marked the 55th death anniversary of the US Marine Corps’ (USMC) corporal Patrick, who received the Navy Cross for his bravery during the Vietnam War. During the ceremony, the initials of the ship sponsors, Teresa Keegan, Rosemarie Gallagher, and Pauline Gallagher, were etched onto a keel plate. The future USS Patrick Gallagher can perform a wide range of missions including anti-submarine, anti-air, anti-surface and strike warfare. Besides, the vessel has an Aegis Baseline 9C2 Combat System, which provides ballistic missile defence capabilities to the US Navy fleet. DDG 127 is the final Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class programme is being managed by the US Department of Defense’s acquisition unit Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships.
PEO Ships DDG 51 class programme manager captain Seth Miller said: “The future USS Patrick Gallagher will strengthen our maritime dominance and bring proven capability to the fleet. This ship and all who serve aboard it will be a reminder of the steadfast commitment to our country that corporal Gallagher exhibited.”
Currently, General Dynamic’ BIW is working on US Navy future USS Carl M Levin (DDG 120), USS John Basilone (DDG 122), USS Harvey C Barnum Jr (DDG 124), USS Louis H Wilson Jr (DDG 126), USS William Charette (DDG 130) and USS Quentin Walsh (DDG 132). (Source: naval-technology.com)
30 Mar 22. Babcock achieves Ready For Sea Date on HMS Somerset. Babcock International Group, the aerospace, defence and security company, has achieved Ready for Sea Date for the Type 23 frigate HMS Somerset at Babcock’s Devonport facility. HMS Somerset started her extensive overhaul at Babcock’s Devonport facility in November 2018. During that time, she has undergone a significant upkeep, which has included repairs and updates to her hull and living spaces, replacement of her Sea Wolf with the new Sea Ceptor weapon system and improvements to key electronic equipment. In addition to this, HMS Somerset’s project team have completed the replacement of her four diesel generators, an enhanced propulsion motor clean and over 500 structural inserts, with the overall project surpassing one million hours of work.
The project team welcomed ship staff back on board at the end of last year and have since completed the final stages of commissioning, before handing her back to the Royal Navy to carry out sea trials.
Gary Simpson, Managing Director of Babcock’s Marine Support Business, said: “Our support to the Type 23 class draws on our experience and unique engineering expertise to update and upgrade these frigates and deliver them back to the Royal Navy with the capability they need to successfully operate beyond their original design life.
“I am really proud of our teams for completing another major overhaul of a Type 23 frigate, as part of the life extension programme, ensuring the frigates are fighting fit for operational duties across the globe.”
To mark the occasion the project team, ship staff and supporting contractors gathered along the dockside to celebrate the fantastic achievement, before the project team waved off the Duke-Class frigate and her crew as she departed HMNB Devonport.
After completing sea trials, HMS Somerset will return to the Royal Navy fleet ready for operational tasking. Meanwhile HMS Iron Duke is the next frigate due to exit the Frigate Support Centre and continue her overhaul ahead of HMS Argyll and HMS Westminster arriving later this year.
29 Mar 22. Fincantieri launches Qatar’s fourth Al Zubarah-class corvette. QEN’s fourth Al Zubarah-class corvette, Sumaysimah, was launched at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. Credit: Fincantieri.
Fincantieri has launched Qatari Emiri Navy’s (QEN) fourth and last Al Zubarah-class corvette, Sumaysimah, at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard in Italy. A ceremony was held to mark the launch of the vessel, which was attended by Qatar’s Italian ambassador Khalid Bin Yousef Al-Sada and other dignitaries. The construction of the Al Zubarah-class corvettes is part of the Qatari Ministry of Defence’s national naval acquisition programme. Awarded in 2016, the contract required Fincantieri to deliver an amphibious landing platform dock, four corvettes and two offshore patrol vessels (OPV). According to the company, the design of Al Zubarah-class corvettes adheres to the rules for the classification of naval ships (RINAMIL rules). The corvette can perform different naval tasks, including surveillance, sea rescue and fighting with the enemy vessels. The 107m-long, 14.70m-wide Sumaysimah is equipped with a combined diesel and diesel plant (CODAD), which provides a maximum speed of 28k. The corvette has a spacious flight deck and hangar that can host an NH90 helicopter. It can accommodate up to 112 people on board. Sumaysimah also features multi-function radars, obstacle and mine avoidance sonar, satellite communication and an integrated communications system. The Al Zubarah-class corvettes are also capable of operating high-speed boats, including a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB), using a hauling ramp or lateral cranes located at a far stern. In September 2021, the company launched the QEN’s third Al Zubarah-class corvette Al Khor. (Source: naval-technology.com)
25 Mar 22. USN Christened Guided-Missile Destroyer Jack H. Lucas. The USN christened the future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125), the first Flight III Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony on Saturday, March 26, in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
Jacklyn Harold “Jack” Lucas, the ship’s namesake, served as a U.S. Marine during World War II and was awarded the Medal of Honor at the age of 17, making him the youngest recipient. Private First Class Lucas received the award during the Iwo Jima campaign when he hurled himself on two grenades to absorb the explosion with his own body and protect his fellow Marines. Surviving the blast, Lucas lived until June 5, 2008, when he died from cancer. The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) is the first combat warship to bear his name.
Admiral Michael Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, delivered the christening ceremony’s principal address. The Honorable Roger Wicker, U.S. Sen. from Mississippi; the Honorable Steven Palazzo, U.S. Rep. from Mississippi’s Fourth District; the Honorable Meredith Berger, Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary of the Navy; Major General Jason Bohm, Commanding General, Marine Corps Recruiting Command; and Ms. Kari Wilkinson, President of Ingalls Shipbuilding will also provide remarks. In a time-honored Navy tradition, the ship’s sponsors, Ms. Ruby Lucas and Ms. Catherine B. Reynolds, will christen the ship by breaking a bottle of sparkling wine across the bow.
“The future USS Jack H. Lucas will serve as a constant reminder of the immense impact actions taken by any one Sailor or Marine can truly have,” said Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro. “Private First Class Lucas is a national hero and this ship and crew will honor his legacy for decades to come.”
The ship will be the 73rd Arleigh Burke-class destroyer and is one of 20 ships currently under contract for the DDG 51 program. The Flight III upgrade is centered on the AN/SPY-6(V)1 Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). It incorporates upgrades to the electrical power and cooling capacity plus additional associated changes to provide greatly enhanced warfighting capability to the fleet. The AMDR enables Flight III ships to perform Anti-Air Warfare and Ballistic Missile Defense simultaneously, satisfying the Navy’s critical need for an enhanced surface combatant Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) capability. The Flight III baseline begins with DDGs 125-126 and continues with DDG 128 and follow on ships. The future USS Jack H. Lucas will be 509.5 feet long and 59 feet wide, with a displacement of 9,496 tons. The ship will homeport in San Diego, California.
The DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer (DDG 51) is a multi-mission ship designed to operate offensively and defensively, independently, or part of Carrier Strike Groups, Expeditionary Strike Groups, and Surface Action Groups in multi-threat environments that include air, surface and subsurface threats. These ships will respond to Low Intensity Conflict/Coastal and Littoral Offshore Warfare scenarios, and open ocean conflict, providing or augmenting power projection, forward presence requirements and escort operations at sea. Flight III is the fourth Flight upgrade in the 30+ year history of the class, building on the proud legacy of Flight I, II and IIA ships before it. (Source: US DoD)
AIR
31 Mar 22. Philippine Air Force takes charge of additional C295. The Philippine Air Force (PAF) received an additional Airbus C295M medium-lift transport aircraft on 28 March. This raises the total number of C295s operated by the country to five. Colonel Maynard Mariano, PAF spokesperson, told the state-owned Philippine News Agency (PNA) that the aircraft arrived at around 1700 h Philippines standard time at Clark Air Base, Pampanga. Airbus told Janes that this aircraft marks the first delivery of a new contract signed in 2021 with the Philippines for the acquisition of three additional C295. According to PNA, the contract is worth PHP5.288bn (USD 101.65m). “All aircraft [will] be delivered in transport configuration,” the Airbus spokesperson said. “[They] will take the country’s fleet up to seven C295.” Col Mariano said that the acquisition of the aircraft is part of the country’s ongoing modernisation programme. “Three C295 aircraft were acquired under the Medium Lift Aircraft Acquisition Project pursuant to the Republic Act (Number) 9184 or the Government Procurement Reform Act,” he told PNA. (Source: Janes)
31 Mar 22. Kuwait receives two more Eurofighter Typhoon jets. Kuwait ordered a total of 28 Eurofighter Typhoons to boost military capabilities. Kuwait has received the third and fourth Eurofighter Typhoon swing-role fighter jets in line with a previously signed contract that involves the procurement of 28 aircraft. The country received the two jets more than three months after Leonardo delivered the first two Eurofighters. During the latest delivery, the Italian Air Force supported the ferry flight of the two Kuwaiti Eurofighters. The escort included one KC-767A tanker from 14th Wing, Pratica di Mare for mid-air refuelling of the jets. Leonardo Eurofighter Programme vice-president Guido Sibona said: “I was very proud last month seeing Eurofighters fly over Kuwait City during the National Day celebration, such as today increasing as planned the fleet. The Eurofighter Typhoons we have developed and produced for the Kuwait Air Force are the most advanced in the whole of the European programme.
“In cooperation with the Italian Air Force we are providing the country with an impressive air defence capability and we built state-of-the-art infrastructures to support and maintain a fleet of 28 aircraft.”
The Eurofighter programme is managed by a consortium of Leonardo, BAE Systems and Airbus. The four partner countries of Italy, the UK, Germany and Spain, have already ordered a total of 510 aircraft. The international customers of the Eurofighters include Saudi Arabia (72 aircraft), Kuwait (28), Qatar (24), Austria (15) and Oman (12). The Italian Air Force plays a key role in Kuwait’s Eurofighter Programme by offering pilot training support and other operational assistance. Leonardo said that the Kuwait Air Force’s Eurofighter Typhoons are also equipped with new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar to boost the performance and competitiveness of the aircraft. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
30 Mar 22. South Korea says F-35A fleet operational. South Korea said that 40 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning IIs ordered by the country are in service. The South Korean Ministry of National Defense (MND) acknowledged the induction on 28 March during an announcement that F-35A fighter aircraft in the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) had conducted a training-oriented ‘elephant walk’ on 25 March. The elephant walk was made a day after North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The ministry, in its press statement, specified that the elephant walk was conducted by the F-35s “following the induction of the final unit”. The ministry added in a statement on 30 March that the F-35A fighter force is “fully operational”. South Korea declined to provide details about the 40 aircraft. In response to a query by Janes about the induction of the aircraft, a ministry spokesperson said the ministry could not “confirm [information] about the military power and induction of F-35s as [it is] strategic arms in [the] RoK Air Force”. (Source: Janes)
29 Mar 22. USAF’s 325th Fighter Wing to receive F-35A aircraft next year. The F-35A deployment at Tyndall is part of the National Defense Strategy to enhance air superiority goals. The US Air Force (USAF)’s 325th Fighter Wing (FW) based in Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida is set to receive F-35A Lightning II aircraft starting from September 2023. The move is part of the National Defense Strategy to enhance air superiority goals. Currently, Tyndall personnel and contractors are working to prepare the airbase to accommodate the F-35 jets. The initiative is led by 325 FW F-35 Program Integration Office (PIO). The PIO has already worked with engineers from the 325th Civil Engineer Squadron to devise a plan to optimise operational and combat readiness. The departments are now working to ensure the F-35A mission has the necessary capabilities, as well as plan future build-up. 325th FW F-35 PIO communications lead technical sergeant Ward Swenson said: “There are multiple bases who have stood up F-35 squadrons, so we ask them questions.
“We all have a slightly different mission, but overall, the main scope of the project is the same; how do we get the F-35s here and make it as seamless as possible. We are trying to posture ourselves so we can be ready [upon their arrival].”
The PIO, comprising members from various backgrounds, particularly devises interior and exterior requirements of the F-35A facilities to ensure seamless integration.
Subsequently, Tyndall’s Program Management Office designs 3D diagrams of the development and reconstruction.
Meanwhile, the 325 FW is continuing to train airmen to support combat operations.
Stationing F-35A jets at Tyndall will bolster USAF’s capabilities to provide air superiority and global precision attack in high-end threat environments. (Source: airforce-technology.com)
PLANT CLOSURES, JOB LOSSES AND STRIKES
30 Mar 22. USN Names the Ships It Wants Scrapped as Congressional Protests Grow. The Navy has announced the names of the cruisers that it wants to decommission as part of the latest budget proposal, as well as confirming that all the Freedom-class littoral combat ships — including one that is less than two years old — are headed for scrap.
A Navy spokesman confirmed that the five cruisers slated for the cut are: USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), USS Mobile Bay (CG-53), USS San Jacinto (CG-56), USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) and USS Vicksburg (CG-69).
A few of the cruisers named have been tossed around by the Navy before. The Bunker Hill’s decommissioning came up as far back as 2017 while a Navy message announced the planned decommissioning of the San Jacinto and Lake Champlain last year. Unlike the littoral combat ships, the cruisers are a much older platform that have developed constant maintenance issues.
The Navy also confirmed that all of its Freedom-class littoral combat ships — the USS Fort Worth (LCS-3), USS Milwaukee (LCS-5), USS Detroit (LCS-7), USS Little Rock (LCS-9), USS Sioux City (LCS-11), USS Wichita (LCS-13), USS Billings (LCS-15) and USS St. Louis (LCS-19) — are part of the 24 ships the service said it wants to scrap in a bid to save about $3.6bn over five years.
On Monday, the Navy’s budget chief, Rear Adm. John Gumbleton, told reporters that the choice to scrap the variant was driven in part by the issues the ships were having with their combining gear — basically, the ship’s transmission — as well as the failure of the anti-submarine mission package.
Gumbleton said the mission package was facing “huge challenges — not gonna work.”
The plans to mothball ships drew near instant outrage from Congress, especially members who follow Navy issues.
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., called the plan “a step backward” in terms of countering Russia and China in a tweet Monday. Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Va., said that he was “particularly disappointed that even as we aim to grow our naval and projection forces, this budget continues the divest to invest strategy that will shrink our fleet once again” in a statement released Monday.
Yet the sharpest words came from Rep. Elaine Luria, D-Va., in a series of tweets Tuesday.
“The Navy owes a public apology to American taxpayers for wasting tens of billions of dollars on ships they now say serve no purpose,” Luria wrote, seemingly referencing the littoral combat ships.
The congresswoman, who is a former Naval officer, noted that 11 of the ships slated for decommissioning are less than 10 years old and singled out the USS St. Louis as being less than two years old and two of the 24 ships as “currently in modernization.”
Luria’s critique overlooks the fact that Congress also played a role in the now-incredibly messy littoral combat ship program, as well.
While the Navy initially wanted to buy 55 ships in the class, it scaled back to 32 in 2014 after cost overruns, questions about the ships’ combat survivability and a range of maintenance problems that led to failures to deploy. But several years later, Congress insisted on adding three more ships despite the fact that reports from the Congressional Research Service,a bipartisan research institute within the Library of Congress, from as far back as 2011 described concerns that the ships or their mission packages wouldn’t be able to live up to all the designers’ promises.
By 2018, research reports referred to the program as “controversial” and cited “cost growth, design and construction issues,” as well as questions over whether the ships “are sufficiently armed and would be able to perform their stated missions effectively.”
Luria also laid into the Navy for cutting the ability to launch missiles from ships while “investing in the next ‘Gucci’ missile and technology that will not be mature for 20+ years.”
Ultimately, the public remarks suggest that the sea service will have a difficult time selling Congress — whose approval it needs — on its decommissioning plans. Last year’s National Defense Authorization Act reversed the Navy’s plan to scrap seven cruisers by forcing it to hold on to two of them.
“The Navy has no strategy,” Luria declared. “Stop saying you do, because if you did you would be able to explain how this Fleet size will allow us to defend Taiwan.”
Gumbleton explained during his Monday press conference that the Navy is pivoting to focus on one variant of the littoral combat ship, because “there’s savings programmatically, instead of having to sustain two different lines.”
In 2010, though, when the LCS program was just getting off the ground, the choice to buy two variations of the small ship was pitched as a chance to save money.
“This option is good for the taxpayers because it enables us to buy more ships for the same money and allows us to lock in a lower price for all 20 ships,” then-Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus said, according to The New York Times.
The Navy currently has six more Freedom-class littoral combat ships in various stages of construction. The nonprofit United States Naval Institute, citing Navy officials, reported that the Navy will still take delivery and plans to use them in South America and the Middle East. (Source: Military.com)
INDUSTRY
PERSONNEL
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
29 Mar 22. Amentum Announces New Leadership Team. Amentum, a leading contractor to U.S. and allied governments, announced today that it has made changes to its senior leadership team, effective yesterday. The announcement follows the Feb. 15 completion of the company’s transformational acquisition of PAE.
In addition to CEO John Heller, the company’s leadership team will be made up of the following senior executives:
- Charlie Mathis, Chief Financial Officer. Charlie will be responsible for all finance and accounting activities including financial strategy, finance business operations, financial planning and analysis, government compliance, internal audit, tax and treasury. He served previously as CFO of SAIC and joined Amentum as CFO in January 2022.
- Patricia Munchel, Chief People Officer. Patricia will be responsible for leading all aspects of the company’s talent strategy and talent management that supports a diverse global workforce. Additionally, she’ll assume executive leadership over the company’s real estate initiatives. She previously served as PAE’s Chief Human Resources Officer for 8 years.
- Stuart Young, General Counsel. Stuart will be responsible for the full range of government contracting issues including the supervision of company litigation and support the areas of labor and employment law, compliance, export control, and international law. He previously served as Amentum’s General Counsel and has been with the company for 29 years.
- Chico Moline, Chief Information Officer. Chico will be responsible for Amentum’s enterprise transformation initiatives which extend beyond technology, to include EHS, quality and continuous improvement. He previously served as President of PAE’s National Security Solutions Business Unit and has been with the company for 5 years. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
28 Mar 22. The Pentagon’s former acting head of acquisition has joined the California defense and security technology firm Anduril to broaden its international business. Greg Kausner, who was until last month performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment, started as head of global defense for Anduril on March 14. In that position, Kausner will be in charge of reaching out to the governments of U.S. allies and partners to identify their challenges and offer Anduril’s software, engineering, artificial intelligence, robotics, networking, sensors and other technologies to fill capability gaps. Kausner will also work with the U.S. State and Defense departments to ensure the nations Anduril seeks to do business with are in line “with how the government sees the evolving geopolitical landscape,” and then get those sales cleared, he said in a March 24 interview. Anduril’s international portfolio is relatively small, though it has contracts with the British Defence Ministry and recently opened an office in Australia. (Source: Defense News)
28 Mar 22. Boeing Announces Senior Leadership Updates. Boeing [NYSE: BA] today announced Ted Colbert as president and chief executive officer of its Defense, Space and Security business. Colbert succeeds Leanne Caret who is retiring following nearly 35 years of exceptional service with The Boeing Company. Stephanie Pope has been appointed as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services (BGS), succeeding Colbert.
As president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), Colbert will oversee all aspects of the company’s business unit that provides technology, products and solutions for defense, government, space, intelligence, and security customers worldwide. BDS had 2021 revenue of $26bn.
As president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, Pope, who is currently Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief financial officer, will lead the company’s business unit that provides aerospace services for commercial, government and aviation industry customers worldwide, focused on global supply chain and parts distribution, aircraft modifications and maintenance, digital solutions, aftermarket engineering, analytics and training. BGS had 2021 revenue of $16bn. Prior to her assignment as BCA CFO, Pope was chief financial officer of BGS and was part of the business when it was established in 2017.
Colbert and Pope’s new assignments will be effective April 1. Until her retirement later this year, Caret will serve as executive vice president and senior advisor to the CEO, reporting to Calhoun, to support the leadership transition, business continuity and critical talent acquisition efforts.
Ted Colbert Biography
Ted Colbert joined Boeing in 2009 and has been serving as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, where he has been responsible for leading the company’s aerospace services development and delivery model for commercial, government and aviation industry customers worldwide, focusing on global supply chain and parts distribution, aircraft modifications and maintenance, digital solutions, aftermarket engineering, analytics and training. Prior to that role, he served as chief information officer (CIO) and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics. In 2022, The Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) named Colbert Black Engineer of the Year, the organization’s top honor. Colbert completed the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College with degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Interdisciplinary Science.
Stephanie Pope Biography
Stephanie Pope has been serving as vice president and chief financial officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where she has overseen the Finance organization, with responsibility for the financial management and strategic and long-range business planning at the business unit. Previously, Pope was vice president and chief financial officer of Boeing Global Services, overseeing all financial activities for the business unit since its founding in 2017. In more than two decades of service at Boeing, Pope has held a number of leadership positions of increasing responsibility at the business units, within programs and at the corporate level.
Leanne Caret Biography
Leanne Caret has served as president and chief executive officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) since 2016. Caret is a second-generation Boeing employee who started working for the company in 1988. Prior to her role overseeing BDS, she was president of the company’s Global Services & Support organization, BDS chief financial officer, vice president and general manager of Vertical Lift, vice president of H-47 Programs, and general manager of Global Transport & Executive Systems. Fortune magazine named her to its Most Powerful Women list in 2021 for the fifth consecutive year. In addition to being a 2019 inductee of the Women in Aviation International Pioneer Hall of Fame, Caret is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
29 Mar 22. Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, has promoted Jamie McMullin to President of Services. With an extensive background in marine, naval, aerospace, and defense industries, McMullin will oversee the integration of new services offered by the defense contractor’s recently acquired companies throughout the company’s extensive service network, as well as the deployment of cutting-edge technology to enhance monitoring and maintenance capabilities that help extend asset lifecycles and reduce through-life costs. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
31 Mar 22. Mercury Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: MRCY, www.mrcy.com), a leader in trusted, secure mission-critical technologies for aerospace and defense, today announced that Steve Ratner will join the Company as senior vice president and chief human resources officer, effective May 2, 2022. Reporting to president and chief executive officer Mark Aslett, Mr. Ratner will be focused on building a world-class team and supporting the business in its pursuit of growth and scale. Mr. Ratner brings more than 20 years of human resources leadership experience with extensive HR strategy, compensation, and employee engagement expertise. Previously, he was vice president of Human Resources for Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a Raytheon Technologies business segment with approximately $16bn in annual revenues and over 30,000 employees worldwide. Prior to that, he was vice president of human resources and security at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems. He has held numerous HR leadership positions throughout his career.
31 Mar 22. National Defense Industrial Association gets new chief. The National Defense Industrial Association has named former Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist its new president and chief executive, the trade group announced Thursday. Norquist, who served as the Pentagon’s comptroller and then No. 2 civilian during the Trump administration, will step into the role May 1. NDIA, which has 1,700 member companies, is a nonpartisan organization that advocates for industry. NDIA’s chairman, retired Maj. Gen. Arnold Punaro, praised Norquist’s 30 years of experience in national security and federal financial management and said Norquist would “continue NDIA’s strong tradition of nonpartisan leadership. (Source: Defense News)
30 Mar 22. Palantir Announces its Inaugural Federal Advisory Board. Palantir Technologies Inc. today unveiled members of its inaugural Palantir Federal Advisory Board (PFAB). This highly respected group of leaders will provide their expert perspectives on today’s defense, intelligence, and homeland security challenges, enabling Palantir to continue to meet the evolving and complex needs of its United States Government (USG) customers.
Members of the board include:
- The Honorable Christine H. Fox, Former Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense, and Former Assistant Director, Policy and Analysis, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
- General Carter F. Ham, USA (Retired), Former Commander, United States Africa Command, and Former President and CEO of the Association of the United States Army
- The Honorable Deborah Lee James, Former Secretary of the United States Air Force
- Admiral William H. McRaven, USN (Retired), Former Commander, United States Special Operations Command, and Former Chancellor of the University of Texas
- Vice Admiral Peter V. Neffenger, USCG (Retired), Former Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, and Former TSA Administrator, United States Department of Homeland Security
The Honorable Jeh C. Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security at the Department of Homeland Security and Counselor to Palantir, will also join PFAB meetings.
This board reaffirms Palantir’s commitment to the US Government and puts first class advisors at the intersection of Palantir and its government customers. This group of experts have first-hand experience facing America’s most urgent threats. As pioneers and innovators, they know that the institutions charged with protecting the United States can no longer do so adequately without the kind of readily deployable emerging technology that companies like Palantir offer. (Source: BUSINESS WIRE)
30 Mar 22. Radian Aerospace (Radian), the developers of the world’s first fully reusable horizontal takeoff and landing, single stage to orbit (SSTO) spaceplane, today announced the appointment of Jeff Matthews as Director of Strategy. Matthews, a well-known subject matter expert and advisor on commercial space technology trends, industry strategies, and launch systems economics joins Radian from Deloitte Consulting LLP where he served as a specialist leader in Deloitte’s space sector practices. (Source: PR Newswire)
25 Mar 22. Sierra Space taps Boeing veteran as CFO after hefty capital raise -sources. Months after receiving a major infusion of capital, Sierra Nevada Corp’s space unit, Sierra Space, has tapped a veteran Boeing Co (BA.N) executive to helm its finances as it races to develop its flagship space plane and studies a public offering, two people familiar with the matter said. Replacing Rodgers will be 10-year Boeing Co (BA.N) veteran Troy Lahr, who departed as CFO of the aerospace company’s defense, space and security unit in recent weeks.
A Boeing spokesperson confirmed Lahr had left the company in recent weeks but declined further comment.
A Sierra Space spokesperson confirmed in a statement that Lahr would join the company soon. (Source: Reuters)
31 Mar 22. Triumph Group [NYSE:TGI] announced today a new streamlined organizational structure that will better reflect its “one company, many solutions” operating philosophy and enhance margins. Effective April 1, 2022, with the start of its fiscal year 2023, Triumph will reorganize its Systems and Support Business Unit into the following four product and service operating companies with the leaders of each joining the Senior Leadership Team:
- Actuation Products & Services, led by Mike Boland
- Systems, Electronics & Controls, led by Justin Wolfanger
- Geared Solutions, led by Pete Gibson
- Product Support, led by Jim Berberet
Triumph’s Mechanical Solutions business will combine with Actuation Products & Services given their common customers and shared focus on mechanical controls. Triumph’s Interiors business will align under the Integrated Supply Chain and Operations organization led by Craig Cooper. Mr. Cooper is also responsible for closing the Stuart, Florida legacy structures divestiture transaction, which is on track to occur in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023.
Scott Ledbetter, previously President of Actuation Products & Services, will assume a new role as Vice President, Execution Assurance and become a member of the Senior Leadership Team. Mr. Ledbetter will partner with the operating companies to integrate Triumph’s continuous improvement, lean, and program management functions for the benefit of all customers.
In connection with these changes, Bill Kircher who served as Executive Vice President of Triumph Systems & Support, and Ian Reason who served as President of Mechanical Solutions, will leave Triumph to pursue other opportunities. In the interim, Mr. Kircher will serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO to help ensure a seamless transition. (Source: PR Newswire)
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