Reports indicate that Ted Colbert, chief of Boeing’s Space and Defense sector, is departing his role. | Aerospace

Boeing is getting a brand new house chief.

Ted Colbert will not be CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, one of the aerospace big's subdivisions, based on media stories. Those stories cite a workers memo circulated as we speak (Sept. 20) by Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg, who took the highest job in August.

“At this critical juncture, our priority is to restore the trust of our customers and meet the high standards they expect of us to enable their critical missions around the world,” Ortberg stated within the memo, according to CNBC. “Working together we can and will improve our performance and ensure we deliver on our commitments.” 

The change is efficient instantly. Steve Parker, the chief working officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, will take over because the unit's appearing CEO till a long-term substitute is named, CNBC reported.

The information comes lower than two weeks after Boeing's Starliner capsule returned to Earth uncrewed, wrapping up a troubled take a look at flight to the International Space Station (ISS).

Starliner launched June 5 on its first-ever crewed mission, a take a look at flight that carried NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the ISS. That mission, referred to as Crew Flight Test (CFT), was speculated to final simply 10 days or so. But Starliner suffered thruster points shortly after reaching house, and, after greater than two months of examine and debate, NASA determined to convey the capsule again to Earth uncrewed. 

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That touchdown, which occurred on Sept. 7, was profitable, and NASA officers stated that Wilmore and Williams would have been fantastic had they been aboard the capsule. The duo stay aboard the ISS, nevertheless, and they will not come down till February 2025 — aboard a Crew Dragon capsule, constructed by Boeing rival SpaceX. 

Both Boeing and SpaceX obtained multibillion-dollar NASA contracts in 2014 to hold astronauts to and from the ISS. SpaceX is on the point of launch its ninth operational crewed mission for the company, whereas Starliner has but to be licensed for such flights.