Richard Hardy

Richard Hardy rose thru the ranks at The Boeing Company to become Vice President/General Manager of Military Airplanes. While at Boeing Richard was a manager on the Apollo program’s Saturn V booster, became chief of the technical staff on launch vehicles and the lunar rover program. He worked on the air-launched cruise missile (ALCM), the B-1 bomber, and the F-111 Mission Adaptive Wing program. He then became Chief of New Combat Aircraft programs. He moved on to program manager for Boeing on the F-22 Raptor Advanced Technical Fighter, then defined product objectives for Boeing such as the Two Stage to Orbit, the Airborne Laser, and Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs). He left Boeing after 37 years in 1997 and founded Hardy Engineering and Manufacturing Company, an aerospace firm in Auburn, Washington. He holds five patents and has authored four books, including a guide to skilled Program Managers and a novel about access to space. Richard holds three MIT degrees, including a Master’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering. He is a licensed Professional Engineer.