Vision

Become a leader in products and services to the Department of Defense to include defense, space, and commercial aviation of business related to high-quality avionics and telemetry components and after-market electronic assemblies.

Mission

Align toward a global customer base with a focus in Asia/Europe for Commercial Aviation, establishing General Aviation Systems line of business, improving the value of investments by innovations made in cost control accounting systems technology, substantially increasing profitability year over year.

Company Background/History

Kitty Hawk Aeronautics, Inc. (KHA) was founded in 1981 during the Reagan era defense build-up, which spawned a number of new technology companies providing products and services to the Department of Defense (DOD).  Headquartered in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, KHA has grown to five locations throughout the U.S. that include defense, space, and commercial aviation lines of business and employ over 1,200 people.  Primarily a manufacturer of high-quality avionics and telemetry components, KHA also provides production and after-market electronic assemblies and parts for aircraft and spacecraft.  KHA serves all defense services, NASA, the FAA, and maintains business alliances with a number of leading aviation and aerospace firms. 

KHA's President and CEO is Dwight Hendricks, who came to the company in 2005 after nearly 30 years with Boeing Aircraft Corporation.  Mr. Hendricks successfully let two five-year strategic improvement programs that solidified and expanded KHA's lines of business and revenue stream.  One of the key features of his first strategic improvement program (covering 2007-2010) is the use of enterprise architecture (EA) approach to document current and future corporate architectures in a way that integrates strategy, business, and technology planning.