Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

How Steve Parker Is Remaking Boeing's Defense Business

Aviation Week's Check 6 Podcast

Show Notes

Listen in as Steve Parker, the CEO of Boeing's Defense, Space and Security division, explains the company's revised approach to bidding for contracts and shares program updates on the F-47, KC-46, MQ-28 and more ahead of the Farnborough Airshow. Thank you to our sponsor, Parker. With more than a century of aerospace expertise behind it, Parker is continuing to engineer the breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow. Find out more at Parker.com/Aerospace

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