Robert Freda, formerly assistant corporate controller of Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW), has been appointed to succeed the retiring Harry Jakubowitz as treasurer at the Davidson, North Carolina-based defense electronics provider.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) plans to appoint Lynn Bamford, president of its defense and power segments, to become the corporation's president and CEO. She would succeed David Adams who plans to retire on Jan. 1, concluding the latter's seven-year tenure as CEO and over two decades of service with the company, Curtiss-Wright said Thursday.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has wrapped up its $400M cash acquisition of Portland, Oregon-based Pacific Star Communications, a rugged communications technology provider to the military sector.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has agreed to acquire tactical network technology supplier Pacific Star Communications in an approximately $400M cash transaction. David Adams, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright, said the acquisition “represents the largest transaction” in the company’s recent history and seeks to establish its position as a network communications systems provider in the U.S. military sector.

Curtiss-Wright has been awarded multiple contracts to provide propulsion valves, pumps and advanced instrumentation and control systems for the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear powered attack submarine, Columbia-class submarine and Ford-class aircraft carrier programs, the company announced Tuesday.

K. Christopher Farkas, vice president of finance and corporate controller at Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW), has been promoted to VP and chief financial officer of the company. He succeeds the retiring Glenn Tynan, who will help facilitate the transition by continuously serving as a VP until fall 2020, and will report directly to David Adams, chairman and CEO of Curtiss-Wright, the company said Thursday.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has promoted company veterans Lynn Bamford and Kevin Rayment to president of defense and power segments and head of commercial/industrial segment, respectively.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has wrapped up its acquisition of electronic subsystems manufacturer 901D Holdings for approximately $132M in cash.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has agreed to acquire electronic systems producer 901D Holdings for approximately $132M in cash as part of efforts to expand its work with the U.S. Navy on shipbuilding programs.

Curtiss-Wright (NYSE: CW) has closed its $50M cash acquisition of Tactical Communications Group, a Tewksbury, Mass.-based maker of tactical data link software for military communications platforms. “This acquisition yields significant opportunities for growth by enhancing our existing flight test instrumentation offering with complementary tactical data link processing software, analytics and visualization …