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Marco Pistoni Named Business Management Director For MEADS

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Monday, October 8th, 2007

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Marco Pistoni has been named Business Management Director for MEADS International (MI) and the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program. The multinational joint venture MI made the announcement Oct. 4. MI consists of MBDA Italia S.p.A., Lenkflugkorpersysteme (LFK) in Germany and Lockheed Martin [LMT] in the United States. Pistoni joins the program management team in Orlando, Fla., on assignment from MBDA, and will report to the executive management team of President Jim Cravens (Lockheed Martin- U.S.), Executive Vice President…

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