Darleen A. Druyun (born November 7, 1947) is a retired Senior Executive Service official of the United States Department of the Air Force and a former Boeing employee.

Soon after her appointment to the Air Force, Druyun was investigated for her involvement in a plan to speed up payments to McDonnell Douglas[1] for the C-17 Globemaster III airlifter program.

[3]: 16 However, the 1993 mass discharge left Druyun unable to consult experienced coworkers for a second opinion, and congress approved replacements only slowly.

Druyun pleaded guilty to inflating the price of the contract to favor her future employer and to passing information on the competing Airbus A330 MRTT bid (from EADS).

[7] In October 2004, Druyun was sentenced to nine months in federal prison for corruption, fined $5,000, given three years of supervised release, and 150 hours of community service.