U.S. NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, Patuxent River, MD -- Capt. Donald Gaddis has been selected to succeed Doug Isleib as the Presidential Helicopters program manager, according to Tom Laux, Program Executive Officer for Air ASW, Assault and Special Mission Programs here.

Gaddis previously served four years as the F-18 program manager at NAVAIR and saw that program through critical phases, including the initial development of the EA-18G Growler.

The change in leadership comes after the completion of two and a half years of service for Isleib and at a point in the program to allow the next program manager the best opportunity to shepherd the Increment Two program from its inception.

Isleib will be moving to an enterprise program management position.

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