Thomas M. Culligan has been in the Aerospace and Defense industry for more than forty years, serving in senior management positions at the Raytheon Company, Honeywell International and McDonnell Douglas Corporation. Prior to that, following his service in the U.S. Air Force, Mr. Culligan was Legislative Director for U.S. Congressman Earl Hutto and Chief of Staff for a Florida Secretary of State. From 2001 until December 2013, Mr. Culligan was Senior Vice President of the Raytheon Company for Business Development and Strategy. He was also concurrently the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Raytheon International, Incorporated. In these roles, he was responsible for worldwide sales and marketing, Raytheon s international business and its government relations and operations. He was also responsible for developing and leading the execution of Raytheon s business strategy. Prior to joining Raytheon, Mr. Culligan was Honeywell s Vice President and General Manager of Defense and Space, with worldwide responsibility for all related sales, marketing and government relations. He also directed Honeywell s aerospace operations in Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. He also held line management and profit and loss responsibilities for the company s defense aftermarket business and its technical services subsidiary. Before joining Honeywell, Mr. Culligan held executive positions with McDonnell Douglas, including Corporate Vice President of Program Development and Marketing and Vice President and General Manager of Government Affairs. Mr. Culligan is currently retired and serves as Chairman of the Special Security Agreement Board of SAFRAN, a former member of the Board of Directors of CPS Technologies Corporation, a member of the Board of Advisors of M International, and a former member of the Foundation Board of Florida State University. Mr. Culligan is considered an independent director under NYSE rules. Mr. Culligan s broad and deep Aerospace and Defense industry experience, coupled with his intimate knowledge of international sales, government relations, management practices and general business operations provides important insight and advice to the Board s activities.