Company Veteran And Chief Pilot Taking The Reins Of The
Division
A longtime Wyle veteran has been named president of the
company's Lexington Park, Maryland-based Aerospace Group. Peter
Green replaces Brent Bennitt, who has been promoted to the position
of executive vice president in the company's corporate offices.
Green has spent the last 25 years with Wyle and its heritage
companies as a systems engineer, program manager, chief pilot, and,
for the last six years, as the Aerospace Group's vice president for
business development and strategic planning. Most notably, he
played a key role in expanding Wyle's presence in the DoD services
market.
He is a 1977 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, and served as a
P-3 pilot and test pilot. He left active duty and joined the U.S.
Naval Reserve in 1985, retiring in 2001. Green completed his
graduate studies at the University of Southern California and the
executive management program of the Darden School of Business at
the University of Virginia.
Wyle's Aerospace Group provides a wide range of capabilities and
services to the Department of Defense, including program office
support; systems engineering; systems integration and analysis;
cost analysis; life cycle management; sustainment engineering;
pilot and aircrew services; test and evaluation support; and
information operations.
"Under Brent Bennitt's leadership, the Wyle Aerospace Group has
doubled in revenue over the last five years," said George Melton,
Wyle CEO and president. "Based on that outstanding record, Brent
will focus on a broad portfolio of initiatives to accelerate Wyle's
growth and customer outreach. He will oversee Wyle's multi-business
unit pursuits and lead Wyle's company-wide efforts in exploiting
indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contact
vehicles."
Bennitt joined Wyle in January 2005 and served as group
president of the Aerospace Group which was formed as a result of
the acquisition of General Dynamic's Aeronautics business, formerly
a sector within the Veridian Corporation. He joined Veridian as
vice president of the Lexington Park, Maryland-based Naval Aviation
Programs Group in 1998, and was named president of Veridian
Engineering's newly formed Aeronautics Sector in 2000.
"My tenure as a group president, through our Veridian, General
Dynamics and Wyle phases, has been a tremendously fulfilling
experience for me," said Bennitt. "It has been my honor to watch
the Aerospace Group build itself into an organization with a
culture, commitment, capability and business ethic that we can all
be proud of."
Prior to joining Veridian, Bennitt served as a U.S. Navy vice
admiral and had served as the commander, Naval Air Force, U.S.
Pacific Fleet from January 1996 until his retirement in 1998.
He commanded the nuclear powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz from
1987 to 1989. Bennitt graduated from the Naval Academy in 1964 and
has flown more than 4,000 hours in more than 50 different aircraft
types and models.