The Aero Club of Southern California cordially invites you to attend a reception and dinner honoring the 38th recipient of the Howard Hughes Memorial Award
Wes Bush
Wednesday evening, February l, 2017
6 PM Cocktails · 7 PM Dinner
Jonathan Club Downtown
Business Attire – Jacket, Tie Required
Wes Bush, chairman, CEO and president of Northrop Grumman Corporation, is the 2016 Howard Hughes Memorial Award winner.
Under Wes Bush’s leadership, Northrop Grumman has become a leading global security company providing innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, strike, and logistics and modernization to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Bush was elected to the company’s Board of Directors in 2009, named chief executive officer and president of Northrop Grumman in 2010 and assumed the role of chairman in 2011. He previously served as president and chief operating officer. Earlier he served as president of the company’s Space Technology sector and as corporate vice president and CFO. Prior to the acquisition of TRW by Northrop Grumman, he served as president and CEO for TRW’s UK-based Global Aeronautical Systems.