A senior Hawker Beechcraft executive has his eyes on the light attack aircraft and smart weapons industries while his company emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. In an Oct. 24 interview with Inside the Air Force , Derek Hess, director of AT-6 development programs at Hawker Beechcraft, said the defense portion of the company does not expect to feel any impact from the court proceeding. "From my perspective, from where I sit in the defense company, there really is no change...
