Personnel Moves

By Calvin Biesecker Lockheed Martin [LMT] yesterday said that its board of directors has elected Chris Kubasik, who is head of the company’s Electronic Systems business area, to be president […]

United Technologies Corp. [UTX] yesterday said that Louis Chenevert, the company’s president and CEO, has been elected to succeed George David as chairman of the company beginning Jan. 1, 2010. […]

Textron‘s [TXT] board of directors yesterday announced that Chairman and CEO Lewis Campbell will retire on Dec. 1 and will be succeeded by CEO-elect Scott Donnelly, who is currently president […]

The White House on Tuesday evening said that President Obama plans to nominate Alan Bersin, who is currently the country’s "Border Czar," to serve as Commissioner of Customs and Border […]

By Calvin Biesecker In a surprise announcement yesterday, Northrop Grumman [NOC] Chairman and CEO Ron Sugar said that he will retire at the end of this year and the company […]

President Obama last week announced his intent to nominate Erroll Southers as Assistant Secretary for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). Southers is currently the Assistant Chief for Homeland Security and […]

KBR, the former division of the energy services company Halliburton [HAL], has created a Government, Defense and Infrastructure Business Group, to better represent its capabilities to customers, in particular in […]

The Defense Department yesterday announced the appointments of Paul Kaminski as chairman of the Defense Science Board for a term effective immediately through Dec. 31, 2011, and retired Air Force […]

By Calvin Biesecker SAIC [SAI] yesterday confirmed that Walt Havenstein, the departing chief of BAE Systems‘ United States-based division, will become its new CEO in September, succeeding Ken Dahlberg who […]

By Calvin Biesecker Britain’s BAE Systems said yesterday that Walt Havenstein, the head of its operations in the United States, will be stepping down this Friday; the company said that […]