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Former Air Force Colonel Takes Charge of Honeywell’s NNSA Work

Monday, August 20th, 2018

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Former Air Force Colonel Takes Charge of Honeywell’s NNSA Work

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An internal reorganization at Honeywell [HON] Aerospace has put the company’s work on four management and operations contracts with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) under the management of single retired Air Force colonel.The company’s aerospace segment in July put David “DJ” Johnson — a Honeywell man since retiring from a 23-year Air Force career in 2007 — in charge of the newly created Honeywell Federal Solutions business, which reports to Steve Slijepcevic, president of the aerospace segment's Mechanical Systems & Components…

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