People

• Thomas Conroy has become vice-president of intelligence programmes for Northrop Grumman. He joined the company's information technology sector in 2001 as vice-president of national security programmes having worked with the CIA.

• American Airlines senior vice-president of global sales David Cush has been appointed to Vought Aircraft's board of directors.
• Stephen Burns has been named director of maintenance for Sikorsky subsidiary Associated Aircraft Group. He was previously Sikorsky's used aircraft business manager.
• Dr Ahmed Metwalli is to join Memphis, Tennessee-based Aerospace Products International as president and chief operating officer in June. Ahmed joins from Kellstrom Industries, where he was vice-president, business development and distribution for the Miramar, Florida-based company.
• The successor to Bryan Even as president of Raytheon Technical Services is Richard Yuse, who has held a variety of leadership roles in 31 years at Raytheon, principally at the company's Integrated Defense Systems business, including vice-president of the missile defence business area.

Source: Flight International