Aviation Week & Space Technology Names Finmeccanica's Pier Francesco Guarguaglini Person of the Year.

PR Newswire Europe, January, 2006

NEW YORK, January 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviation Week & Space Technology has named Finmeccanica Chairman and CEO Pier Francesco Guarguaglini Person of the Year in its January 2 issue. It is the first such honor in the magazine's 89-year history to recognize the impact individuals have on the broader aviation, aerospace and defense community. Guarguaglini was chosen from a field of candidates from around the world by AW&ST staff editors.

The other finalists were U.S. Sen. John McCain as a close second, BAE Systems CEO Mike Turner, NASA administrator Michael Griffin, and Boeing Co. chairman and CEO W. James McNerney, Jr.

"Pier Francesco Guarguaglini is an outstanding choice to be our inaugural Person of the Year," said AW&ST editor-in-chief Anthony L....

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