Esterline Corp. [ESL] last week named Curtis Reusser as its next president and CEO, succeeding Brad Lawrence who will remain executive chairman of the board until March 2014. Incoming Esterline President and CEO Curtis Reussser Photo: Esterline Reusser is stepping down as president of United Technologies Corp.’s [UTX] $7 billion Aircraft Systems business, a segment of UTC Aerospace Systems. Reusser has been with UTC and the former Goodrich Corp., which was acquired by UTC to form Aerospace Systems, for 25…
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HII Executive Outlines Its Shipbuilding Acceleration Strategy
An HII [HII] shipbuilding executive last week told lawmakers how the company plans to improve and accelerate shipbuilding throughout via workforce improvements, adding new shipbuilding infrastructure and reinforcing distributed shipbuilding […]
House Sends Dec. 11 CR With Ship Construction Funds To Trump’s Desk For Final Signature
The House on Tuesday passed a stopgap funding bill to keep the government open through Dec. 11, sending the temporary funding measure that also includes funds to support ongoing shipbuilding […]
Guetlein On Golden Dome: ‘We Cannot Protect This Nation And Bankrupt It At The Same Time’
While there has been criticism among missile defense advocates of Golden Dome’s development pace after the signing of an executive order in January last year, Space Force Gen. Michael Guetlein, […]
Interview with Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus
Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.), a co-chair of the Golden Dome Caucus in Congress and a member of the House Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel, discusses the transformative defense investments […]