Boeing has named a new leader for its 747-8 program as the company scrambles to meet its latest targets for first flight and certification of the 747-400 successor. Mohammad “Mo” Yahyavi moves into the position from his post as vice president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ 737 P-8A Poseidon team, replacing Ross Bogue, who has accepted the position of vice president and general manager of Boeing Fabrication. Bogue replaces Pat McKenna, who has taken a special assignment leading a team to identify and implement opportunities to improve the efficiency of the 787 supply chain.
The moves come some three months after Boeing revealed that the 747-8 would miss its original target for first flight by six to nine months and less than a month after it revealed a fourth-quarter, “reach-forward” charge of $685 million due to “late maturity of the 747-8 design [that] drove substantial changes for supply partners.”
