*Worsham is aerospace industry veteran
*Former CEO left as part of divestiture
WASHINGTON, Sept 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Aerospace Inc (USAE.OB), a Southern California-based aerospace contractor, has tapped industry veteran Jim Worsham as chief executive, industry sources said on Thursday.
Worsham, who previously held aerospace jobs with General Electric Co (GE.N) and the Douglas Aircraft unit of Boeing Co's (BA.N) McDonnell Douglas, has headed up aviation marketing and business development for the Southern California Logistics Airport for the last 10 years.
U.S. Aerospace announced earlier this month that its former chief executive, David Duquette, resigned that post as part of the divestiture of the company's machine-tool business [ID:nN15147827].
U.S. Aerospace attracted attention in July when it said it would partner with Antonov, the state-owned Ukrainian plane builder, to compete against Boeing and Airbus parent EADS (EAD.PA) for a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new generation of aerial refueling tankers for the U.S. military [ID:nN02192170].
In August, U.S. Aerospace filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office after its tanker proposal was rejected as late. (Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa, editing by Gerald E. McCormick)
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment