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L-3 Hires Aerospace And Defense Financial Analyst Heidi Wood New Position

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, June 6th, 2016

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L-3 Hires Aerospace And Defense Financial Analyst Heidi Wood New Position

L-3 President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Kubasik.

L-3 Communications [LLL] on Monday said it has appointed long-time aerospace and defense analyst to the new position of vice president and chief analytics officer in support of the company’s business development and merger and acquisitions strategy.Wood joined L-3 from aircraft structures manufacturer Spirit AeroSystems [SPR], which she joined in July 2013 as senior vice president for strategy, working on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, operational and cost performance, and investor relations.At L-3 Wood is reporting to Chris Kubasik, the company’s…

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