Bell promotes Atherton

Bell Helicopter said today it has named Lisa Atherton executive vice president of military business, succeeding Mitch Snyder, who has been named Bell Helicopter's chief executive.

Atherton joined the company in 2012 and has served as V-22 program manager and vice president of global military business development. Before that, she was vice president of area attack at Textron Defense Systems and spent eight years at Air Combat Command's requirements directorate.