Aerospace and defense leaders believe cultural and geopolitical awareness are critical core competencies that program, business and engineering leaders must develop.
Most mid- to senior-level leaders complete some type of cultural awareness training to learn what to do and not to do when working on international teams. ... Read More »

Two women stood to receive the 2007 Program Excellence Award in the production/sustainment category. Rosemary J. Farrell, sr. program manager for Lockheed Martin's MH-60 Multi-Year Common Cockpit Program, and Peggy Paul, who leads Northrop Grumman's 37-year-old Defense Support P-pogram, tied for the high honors this ... Read More »

Industry executives meeting at the AVIATION WEEK Executive Roundtable, hosted by Boeing's Chris Chadwick, identified the most in-demand skills required to meet strategic program goals.  ... Read More »

AVIATION WEEK is currently holding its Program Excellence Best Practices Seminar in Phoenix, which is where your Workforce Blog host Carole Hedden is working this week. Carole asked me to post a podcast of an interview by Ed Hazelwood of NASA's Ed Hoffman, director of the agency's Academy for Program Project Engineering ... Read More »

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ facility in San Diego re-opened Wednesday after closing on Monday due to the fires in the San Diego area. Other aerospace and defense facilities closed this week due to fire include Northrop Grumman, SAIC and BAE Systems.
Kimberly Kasitz, GAAS media relations, said employees ... Read More »