
After just over two years leading the nation’s top United States commercial and defense aerospace lobbying association, David Melcher said on Thursday he is departing the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) at the end of 2017 to pursue other interests.Melcher, 63, joined AIA as president and CEO in June 2015 after he led the former defense company Exelis from 2011 until its acquisition by Harris Corp. [HRS] in May 2015. He spent 32 years in the Army before retiring as at…