Watch: Boeing’s Leanne Caret in an Interview from AFA’s vASC 2020

Oct. 5, 2020

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

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Leanne Caret, president and chief executive officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, provides an update on the KC-46 Pegasus tanker, the T-7A trainer, her vision for how Boeing could support the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System, and more in this sponsored interview with Air Force Magazine Editor-in-Chief Tobias Naegele, presented as part of the Air Force Association’s virtual Air, Space & Cyber Conference.

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

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