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L-3 Taps Former Lockheed Martin Number Two Kubasik To Run Operations

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 28th, 2015

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L-3 Taps Former Lockheed Martin Number Two Kubasik To Run Operations

L-3 President and Chief Operating Officer Chris Kubasik.

L-3 Communications [LLL] on Wednesday named Chris Kubasik as its president and chief operating officer (COO) effective immediately, a move designed to strengthen the company’s organization and performance.Kubasik, who three years ago was less than two months away from becoming CEO of Lockheed Martin [LMT] before being fired for an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate, takes on the new position of COO and takes over the position of president from Michael Strianese, who is L-3’s chairman and CEO.“Chris is a…

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