Ready For Takeoff - Turn Your Aviation Passion Into A Career

RFT 304: F-18 Pilot/CEO Morri Leland


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Morri Leland is the Chief Executive Officer of Patriot Mobile.  He assumed the role of CEO in 2017.  

As CEO, Morri is focused on helping conservative consumers and businesses throughout the United States protect and defend their rights and liberty and ensure these freedoms remain for generations to come.

For more than 30 years, Morri has led global teams to excel and exceed growth expectations.  Prior to joining Patriot Mobile, he served as Deputy Vice President for International Business at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Morri was responsible for global sales and marketing for the aerospace, defense and energy sectors that included numerous competitive global pursuits that resulted in significant international growth.  Prior to that Morri served as the Program Director for F-35 / CVF Integration with Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.  As the senior representative for the Joint Strike Fighter program in the United Kingdom (UK), he was responsible for the successful development and management of the program to integrate the F-35 air system into the design and construction of the UK Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF).  

From 1983 to 2003, Morri served on active duty in the United States Navy.  After tours at NASA and as a flight instructor, he accumulated over 5,000 hours in various types of military aircraft.  With significant time in various models of the F/A-18 Hornet, he served multiple combat tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans and commanded a squadron that garnered honors as the top Strike-Fighter squadron in the U.S. Navy.  He also served on a NATO exchange flying tour and in the Pentagon on the staff of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A native of South Carolina, Morri holds a BS in Systems Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science in International Security Affairs from the U.S. Naval War College.

Morri and his wife Sheila reside in Southlake, TX with their two sons.

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