Ted Colbert, the president and chief operating officer of Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS), will be leaving the beleaguered company, Boeing announced Friday. Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg told employees in a letter that the company's priority "is to restore the trust of our customers and meet the high standards they expect of us to enable their critical missions around the world.

Boeing Co. said that Ted Colbert, who oversees its defense and space division, is leaving the company, the first major personnel change by Kelly Ortberg since he took over as chief executive officer last month.

Boeing's new CEO Kelly Ortberg said the company's defense unit chief Ted Colbert is leaving Boeing and that a replacement would be named later. The defense unit accounted for about 40% of Boeing's revenue in the first half of the year.

Boeing BA.N said on Friday that Ted Colbert, president and CEO of its defense, space and security unit will be leaving the company effective immediately.

Boeing said on Friday the head of the company's troubleddefense, space and security unit is leaving the planemaker effective immediately. New Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg in his first significant move since taking over in August,