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- Parent company: Raytheon (RTN)
- Annual Revenue: $586,500,000
- Industry: Aircraft manufacturing
- Founders: Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech
- Phone: (316) 676-7111
- Headquarters: Wichita, KS
- Established: 1932
- CEO: W.W. (Bill) Boisture Jr.
- Vice President and CFO: Sidney E. Anderson
- President of Global Customer Service and Support: William E. Brown
- Senior Vice President, Sales: Brad Hatt
- Vice President, Human Resources: Rich Jiwanlal
- Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary: Gail E. Lehman
- President, U.S. & International Government Business: Jim Maslowski
- Vice President, Marketing: Charles D. Mayer
- Senior Vice President, Operations: George Nguyen
- Vice President, Product Development and Engineering: Ed Petkus
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Overview
Hawker Beechcraft is merger of two aircraft manufacturers. Beechcraft an American company well known for making propeller driven business aircraft and military trainers. Hawker a British company well known for making high performance fighters during WW2 now makes a series of business jets.Currently they still produce their popular Bonanza, single-engine general aviation cruiser, the King Air, a turboprop business aircraft, and the Baron, a twin-engine general aviation cruiser. Also they make the Hawker business jet series, the 400XP, 750, 850XP, 900XP, and 4000. The Bonanza holds one the longest known production spans of a single aircraft design.
Recently, in Feb 2009 2,300 workers were laid off from plants in Wichita, KS and abroad. This month, June 2009 they stated there will be furloughs for a total of 11 days from June 29 to July 2, Nov. 23 to 25, and Dec. 21 to 24.
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