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After FLRAA Win, Textron Shifts Atherton To New COO Role At Bell; Hammoor To Lead Systems

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, January 19th, 2023

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After FLRAA Win, Textron Shifts Atherton To New COO Role At Bell; Hammoor To Lead Systems

Lisa Atherton, chief operating officer of Textron's Bell segment. Photo: Textron

Following Textron’s [TXT] win in December of a marquis next-generation Army aircraft program, the company on Thursday named Lisa Atherton as the chief operating officer of the company’s Bell segment, a new role created to help Bell focus its execution on the Future Long-Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) program. Atherton most recently was president and CEO of Textron’s Textron Systems segment, which develops and supplies unmanned aircraft systems, ground vehicles and surface vessels, armored infantry fighting vehicles, small Naval surface craft,…

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