Beechcraft Corporation has announced the appointment of Jim Grant as Senior Vice President of Military Programmes. In this role, Grant is responsible for the new business initiatives of the company’s three military organisations—trainer/attack, special mission and global mission support.

Grant brings a wide range of experience within the aerospace and defence industry. A former Command Pilot with the United States Air Force (USAF), he has more than 5,000 hours flight hours in a variety of combat aircraft. His assignments included command and senior staff positions at Headquarters Air Force, Wing and Squadron level.

Grant has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Alabama and a master’s from Pepperdine University. He graduated from the US Army War College and the USAF War College, as well as the Executive Development Programme of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.