Bob Feldman, Keith Leverkuhn To Take Over The Respective Programs

New leadership has been named by Boeing in both of its 777x and 737 MAX programs for updated airliners. Bob Feldman is leaving his leadership with the 737 MAX program to take the helm of the 777x project. While the 777x is not yet a fully-developed airplane, airlines seem to be clamoring for something in that niche, and Boeing has promised to fill it by the end of the decade.

Feldman's leaving the 737 MAX program left an opportunity there for Keith Leverkuhn, who will step into the leadership role with the re-engined single-aisle workhorse airliner. Reuters reports that Leverkuhn has most recently been the executive in charge of the engine unit, which is also called the "propulsion systems division."

Both will report to Scott Fancher, the recently-installed head of airplane development.

On down the line, Nicole Piasecki will assume Lewverkuhn's post at the propulsion systems division. Boeing has also recently created a "marketing and business development unit" charged with making sense of the marketplace and "prove the value of ... products and services." That unit will oversee environment and aviation policy, product and services strategies, strategic planning, and analysis.

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