Applied Aerospace & Defense names Elizabeth Robertson as EVP

Applied Aerospace & Defense (NYSE: AADX) has appointed Elizabeth Robertson as executive vice president of business development, the Huntsville, Alabama-based company announced.

Robertson joins Applied from Leidos, where she served as vice president of business development for the Leidos Defense Sector Huntsville portfolio. In her new role, she will oversee enterprise growth, new program capture, and customer relationships across the company's three markets: Space & Launch Systems, Defense Aviation & Airborne Systems, and C5ISR & Precision Strike Systems.

Earlier in her career, Robertson led a U.S. Army air and missile defense program from development into production and served as chief operating officer of Interstellar Technologies and senior propulsion manager at Stratolaunch. She began her career as an aerospace engineer at NASA, where she spent more than 13 years, including as deputy chief engineer for the Space Shuttle program propulsion and integration team.

Chris Rogers, president and chief strategy officer for Applied, said Robertson "has built and delivered new programs from every side of the table, as a NASA engineer, a program leader for next-generation defense technology programs, and a high-impact and deeply trusted senior business development executive."

Robertson said she looks forward to "partnering with the team to bring the full breadth of Applied's platform to new and existing customers across the entire space and defense industrial base."

Applied Aerospace & Defense describes itself as a provider of advanced design, engineering, and manufacturing solutions for space and defense applications, operating 11 facilities across six states.

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