Boeing's Air Force One Program Gets A New Top Exec

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Originally published at: Boeing's Air Force One Program Gets a New Top Exec - AVweb

Word of accelerating the stalled program speaks to Boeing’s commitment to timely deliveries.

[mcapocci]

I worked under Mr. Sullivan in the past. He is a stickler for doing what needs to be done and not what people want done. he is requirements driven schedule driven and cost conscious. He should be able to get this program delivered . reading between the lines …(of this and other posts over the years) this program may have been suffering from requirements creep. which can happen under program managers who wish to please instead of delivering on contract. Unfortunately this is more common than one likes. I saw it happen early in my career and did my best to fight it in progress where I was in a position to effect decisions. Good Luck to Mr. Sullivan , he di great work for NGC I believe he can fix this program .

[Raf]

Boeing has lost nearly $2 billion on the VC-25B fixed-price deal signed during Trump’s first term, but they’ve kept getting cost-plus contracts like the MQ-25, KC-46 support, T-7A trainer, and other space and hypersonic projects, under both Trump and Biden. That helps ease the hit.

As Richard Aboulafia put it in The Air Current (May 2022): “Boeing loses big up front, then quietly makes it back through cost-plus work elsewhere.” That still seems to hold water.

Now they’ve brought in Steve Sullivan from NG, who’s known for having “a proven track record of steering complex multi-billion-dollar military aircraft programs.” So if anyone can get the VC-25Bs finished, it might be him.

Good for Boeing.