Samuel Adcock was named today as VP and GM of American Eurocopter’s helicopter production plant at Columbus, Miss., He will assume that role beginning Oct. 7. As its new leader, Adcock will oversee all plant operations and serve as AE’s executive committee. He was EADS North America’s Senior VP for Strategy and Business Development and among the original architects of EADS’ strategy that led AE to invest in the Columbus facility. For more than 20 years, he served in the executive and legislative branches of the U.S. government. Prior to 1997, he served as Director of Defense and Security Policy for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi. He began his federal career with the Navy’s Supervisor of Shipbuilding. Also, AE announced that Earl Walker, plant GM, will assume the new post of Senior Director of Government Relations. The Mississippi native joined AE in 2006; and has a business degree from Mississippi State University. Source: American Eurocopter, Oct. 3, 2013.
[Central Mississippi/Golden Triangle Note: AE recently announced it will install a full assembly line at the Columbus plant to produce AS350 commercial helicopters beginning in October 2014. The plant will also continue to produce the UH-72A Lakota helicopters for the U.S. Army.]
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