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'''Darlene Druyun''' served, from 1993 to 2002,  principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition and management. She was subsequently convicted and imprisoned, along with [[Boeing]] executive [[Michael Sears]], for improperly influencing contract awards to Boeing, after she and Sears had secretly agreed to make her a Boeing executive. She worked for Boeing as vice president and deputy general manager of Boeing's missile defense systems, from January to November 2003.<ref>{{citation
| url = http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1005/100305k2.htm
| title = Former Air Force acquisition official released from jail
| author = Kimberly Palmer | journal = 3 October 2005
}}</ref>
The largest contract in question was the recompetition for [[air refueling|aerial tanker]] aircraft. She also affected the contract for the [[GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb]]. <ref>{{citation
| title = Moving Target: Raytheon’s GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II 
| date = 21 November 2010 | journal = Defense Industry Daily
| url = http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheon-Wins-USAs-GBU-53-Small-Diameter-Bomb-Competition-06510/}}</ref> 
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Darlene Druyun served, from 1993 to 2002, principal deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Air Force for acquisition and management. She was subsequently convicted and imprisoned, along with Boeing executive Michael Sears, for improperly influencing contract awards to Boeing, after she and Sears had secretly agreed to make her a Boeing executive. She worked for Boeing as vice president and deputy general manager of Boeing's missile defense systems, from January to November 2003.[1]

The largest contract in question was the recompetition for aerial tanker aircraft. She also affected the contract for the GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb. [2]

References

  1. Kimberly Palmer, "Former Air Force acquisition official released from jail", 3 October 2005
  2. "Moving Target: Raytheon’s GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II", Defense Industry Daily, 21 November 2010