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Eurocopter: Christian Gras, Executive VP, Customers
2010-04-07 Read More...
Christian Gras has been named within the Eurocopter Group as Executive Vice President, Customers and will be reporting directly to Eurocopter CEO Lutz Bertling. In this function, he will be a member of the Eurocopter Executive

Thierry Kalanquin Joins DCNS as SVP Services
2010-04-06 Read More...
On 1 April 2010, Thierry Kalanquin took up his new position as Group Senior Vice President, Services and a member of the executive

Raytheon: VP Communications, Intelligence Business
2010-03-29 Read More...
Raytheon named David L. Jensen Vice President of Communications for its Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business.Jensen's prime responsibility is leading internal and external communication programs in support of IIS' growth

New Unmanned Carrier Head at Northrop
2010-03-18 Read More...
Northrop Grumman has appointed a new Head for its X-47B Unmanned Aircraft program, barely two weeks after the U.S. Navy named a new Program Manager for the Unmanned Carrier Air System Demonstrator

NGC Names Paul Russell VP Space Navigation
2010-03-15 Read More...
Northrop Grumman Corporation appointed, this past week, Paul K. Russell Vice President of the newly-created Space Business Area within the company's Navigation Systems Division.In his new position, Russell will be responsible for overall leadership

Head of GD Combat Systems To Retire
2010-03-05 Read More...
General Dynamics announced that Charles Hall, Executive Vice President of the company and Head of its Combat Systems group, will retire May 1.David Heebner, who heads the company's Marine Systems group, will succeed Hall on that date. In turn,

ThalesRaytheon Systems France: New CEO
2010-02-24 Read More...
ThalesRaytheonSystems appointed last week Philippe Duhamel as its Chief Executive Officer for French operations reporting to Jack Harrington, Chief Executive Officer, ThalesRaytheonSystems. Duhamel succeeds Hervé Multon, who has been appointed Vice

Oman Air Names Corporate Affairs Chief
2010-02-08 Read More...
Oman Air has appointed Philippe Georgiou as the airline's new chief Officer of Corporate Affairs. He will also be the Official Spokesperson for the airline.Philippe will be responsible for marketing, corporate communications and media, customer

Armin Papperger at the Executive Board of Rheinmetall Defence
2010-01-23 Read More...
Detlef Moog’s successor on the Rheinmetall Defence Executive Board is Armin PappergerArmin Papperger, 46, has been appointed to the Executive Board of Rheinmetall Defence, effective 1 January 2010. He succeeds Detlef Moog, 61, who left the company

Wataniya Airways Names New CCO
2010-01-18 Read More...
Wataniya Airways, Kuwait's premium service airline, has appointed industry veteran Lee Shave as the company's new Chief Commercial

Italy: 3 New Military Chiefs
2010-01-14 Read More...
Italy's government announced new chiefs for the Italian Air Force, Navy and Ministry of Defense Procurement office on Jan. 13.

Shane Eddy Named Vice President, Sikorsky Global Helicopters
2010-01-08 Read More...
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced the appointment of Shane Eddy as Vice President of Sikorsky Global Helicopters, responsible for strategic leadership and general management of the growing billion-dollar business. Sikorsky Aircraft is a

Etihad: New VP corporate communications
2010-01-03 Read More...
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, appointed Hareb Al Muhairy to the position of Vice President, Corporate

New VP, Communications for Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics
2009-12-10 Read More...
Lockheed Martin Corporation today announced that Joseph LaMarca, Jr., has been named Vice President, Communications, for Lockheed Martin's Aeronautics business area, effective Jan. 4,

Change in Diehl's Executive Board
2009-12-08 Read More...
Dipl.-Volkswirt Rainer Ott, long-standing member of the Diehl Executive Board and President of the Diehl Aerosystems Corporate Division Board, will turn 64 next year. Mr. Ott will leave Diehl on September 30, 2010, in line with his life planning, to

Maurice Isidore appointed to head Security & Information Systems
2009-10-07 Read More...
Maurice Isidore took up the position of head of DCNS’s Security & Information Systems division on 1 September

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