I think it's fair to say that in any administration. When asked if President Trump has been good or bad for the defense business, Caret on Wednesday replied, "I don't think there is a good or bad. Louis to the Washington, D.C., region.Īt the time of the relocation announcement in December, Pentagon defense spending made headlines after then-President-elect Donald Trump singled out large defense programs for being too costly - notably, the Air Force One recapitalization program, which Boeing is working on. The first steps focused on moving and consolidating facilities - Boeing relocated its defense division headquarters from St. The move is part of a three-part strategy, she said. may be exiting the company, there may be a few opportunities for a few of them in a different position at a different level."
able to have a more streamlined approach to how we're going to do business," she said.Įven so, the future of dozens of executives at the company remains unclear.Ĭaret said, "We will be working with them. It's "about taking out a layer of executive management, which is what we've done, flattening the organization so it elevates some of the programs, so that there are direct reports to me.
Boeing protested the contract award, initially worth $21.4 billion, but the Government Accountability Office denied the challenge.Ĭaret said that "perpetuating doing business the old way" became a disadvantage to its customers, both in the U.S. in 2015 landed the multi-billion-dollar deal to develop a fleet of next-generation stealth bombers.
Caret, who has been in the job for about a year, said no single event prompted the move, which could eliminate dozens of positions beginning July 1, DefenseOne reported.īut clearly, a significant loss to the company was not winning the Air Force's B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber program.
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