Personnel Moves

By Calvin Biesecker As part of President Obama’s controversial recess appointments over the weekend, nominee Alan Bersin is now cleared to become the next commissioner of Customs and Border Protection […]

By Calvin Biesecker ATK [ATK] yesterday announced a realignment of its business groups, including the addition of a new one that will serve the law enforcement and sporting markets, naming […]

By Calvin Biesecker President Barack Obama yesterday announced his intention to nominate Robert Harding, a former Army general, to be the next chief of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which […]

By Calvin Biesecker Alliant Techsystems [ATK] yesterday appointed Mark DeYoung as its new president and CEO effective immediately, ending a three-month search for a new top executive after Dan Murphy […]

The White House nominee to head the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Erroll Southers yesterday withdrew himself from consideration for the post due to delays in his nomination process amid concerns […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Wednesday said it has created five business lines within its new Mission Systems & Sensors (MS2) operating company, which was set up on Jan. 1 to […]

President Obama this week nominated Vice Adm. Robert Papp to succeed Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad Allen in May 2010 if confirmed by the Senate. Papp is currently commander of […]

Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday announced several leadership appointments, including naming Marillyn Hewson, currently president, Systems Integration- Owego, to be executive vice president of the Electronic Systems business area. Hewson, 55, […]

Dan Murphy, Alliant Techsystems’ [ATK] chairman and CEO for the past six years, yesterday said he was leaving the company to “address family matters” and the company’s Board of Directors […]

By Ann Roosevelt British-based BAE Systems plc yesterday named Linda Hudson president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., the North American arm of the global company, effective immediately. "My role […]