(Reuters) -Former Rockwell Collins (NYSE:) chief Kelly Ortberg has joined the checklist of contenders beneath critical consideration by Boeing (NYSE:) as its subsequent CEO, The Air Present reported on Sunday, citing business officers.
Ortberg, Spirit AeroSystems (NYSE:) CEO Pat Shanahan and Boeing Chief Working Officer Stephanie Pope are amongst candidates for the Boeing job, the commerce publication stated.
Reuters has reported Shanahan and Pope as contenders together with Boeing board chair Steve Mollenkopf.
RTX’s Rockwell Collins produces plane communications, electronics and aviation programs for business and army clients. Ortberg retired in 2021 as an adviser to the CEO of RTX after heading Rockwell Collins and its successor entities for about eight years because it went via mergers, acquisitions and restructuring.
Boeing has been searching for a brand new head after Dave Calhoun stated in March he would step down by year-end, in a broad administration shakeup following a January mid-air panel blowout on a 737 MAX airplane.
