Carole Rickard Hedden

Washington, DC

Summary

Carole Rickard Hedden retired in 2022 as Executive Editor for custom content and Program Excellence for the Aviation Week Network, providing custom content and research to industry executives. She also was Managing Editor of Aviation Week’s Advanced Air Mobility Report. She joined Aviation Week in 1996 as a financial/business editor and has led special projects for more than two decades.

Prior to joining Aviation Week, Hedden worked for over 20 years in the news media and as a corporate communications leader at Fortune 100 companies.

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Articles

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Aviation Week, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and universities recognize these 20 accomplished students in aerospace fields.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Carole Rickard Hedden
Career plans often don’t follow a planned trajectory and instead come from being in the right place, raising a hand and being flexible.
Program Management

By Carole Rickard Hedden
While industry retirements are of concern, so too is low attrition, especially as Silicon Valley muscles into A&D’s wheelhouse.
Air Transport