The vehicle business was assembled more recently, and although it faces a downdraft in demand as U.S. troops depart Iraq, its Bradleyfightingvehicle looks well positioned to replace aging Army troop carriers.
The engineer and grandmother who climbed the ranks of the defense establishment while a single parent was charged with the difficult task of helping BAE make the transition from a supplier of heavy weaponry used in wartime, like the 33-ton BradleyFightingVehicle, into a more diversified provider of equipment, electronics and software.