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Boeing Restructuring Defense Segment To Align With Strategy

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 29th, 2018

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Boeing Restructuring Defense Segment To Align With Strategy

The KC-46 tanker. (Boeing photo)

Boeing [BA] is reorganizing its defense segment by adding two new divisions and eliminating another to better align with its market strategy, according to a company spokesman.The two new divisions, Commercial Derivative Aircraft and Missile and Weapon Systems, will report directly to Leanne Caret, CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, Todd Blecher, a Boeing spokesman for the segment, said in an email response to query.“Those market areas are key parts of our strategy, so elevating them to their own…

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