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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Fast Facts
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Parent company
Raytheon (RTN)
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Annual Revenue
$586,500,000
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Industry
Aircraft manufacturing
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Founders
Walter H. and Olive Ann Beech
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Phone
(316) 676-7111
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Headquarters
Wichita, KS
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Established
1932
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CEO
W.W. (Bill) Boisture Jr.
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Vice President and CFO
Sidney E. Anderson
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President of Global Customer Service and Support
William E. Brown
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Senior Vice President, Sales
Brad Hatt
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Vice President, Human Resources
Rich Jiwanlal
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Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Gail E. Lehman
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President, U.S. & International Government Business
Jim Maslowski
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Vice President, Marketing
Charles D. Mayer
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Senior Vice President, Operations
George Nguyen
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Vice President, Product Development and Engineering
Ed Petkus
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Bonanza G36
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Baron G58
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King Air C90GTi
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King Air B200GT
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King Air 350
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King Air 350i
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Premier IA
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Hawker 400XP
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Hawker 450XP
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Hawker 750
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Hawker 850XP
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Hawker 900XP
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Hawker 4000
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