* Lisa Atherton most recently served as executive vice president of military business at Bell Helicopter

* Ellen Lord will be nominated by president Donald J. Trump as under secretary of defense Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: (Bengaluru Newsroom: +91 806 749 1136) Lord, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would become the Pentagon’s chief weapons buyer.
The White House announces that President Trump plans to nominate Textron Systems Chief Executive Ellen Lord for Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Textron Systems is a defense contractor.