Tag Archives: Cobham

Scott Weiner, a more than 10-year Cobham veteran, has named vice president of corporate development at Raytheon (NYSE: RTN). Raytheon said Monday Weiner will oversee acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments and divestitures across the company’s domestic and international businesses. He will report to Chief Financial Officer Toby O’Brien. Prior to his appointment, Weiner held similar …

Robert Mullins, a 20-year aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named senior vice president for corporate strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) in a move that takes effect Oct. 8. He will serve as a corporate officer and succeed Stephanie Hill, who will transition to the …

Sanjay Parthasarathy, a defense contracting industry veteran, has joined LMI as a senior vice president and chief technology officer. Parthasarathy will oversee the Tysons, Va.-based nonprofit government consulting services contractor’s strategic investments and innovation efforts and help revitalize the LMI Research Institute as part of his appointment to the newly created role, LMI …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 8, 2017 — A General Atomics business unit has added five more industry partners to support work on an Australian government project that aims to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednesday the new members of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems-led Team Reaper …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 4, 2017 — Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) CEO Matt Desch has previewed the company’s new Certus multi-service communications platform that will work to provide cockpit and operational services aboard aircraft, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Avionics Magazine reported July 28 that Desch, an inductee into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 for 2017, has said in an earnings call …

Jeremy Wensinger, James Winner and Robert Giannetta have been appointed to leadership positions at MHVC Acquisition Corp. — formerly known as the government information technology services business of Harris (NYSE: HRS). Investment firm Veritas Capital finalized its purchase of Harris IT Services for approximately $690 million in April and renamed the business MHVC Acquisition Corp. Herndon, …

Angie Casper, a 25-year human resources professional, has joined LMI as a senior vice president and chief HR officer at the Tysons, Virginia-based nonprofit government consulting services contractor. LMI said Wednesday she will oversee efforts to integrate HR strategies and processes with the company’s strategic plan as well as manage career development programs. …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 28, 2017 — The aeronautical systems business of General Atomics will work with industry partners Raytheon (NYSE: RTN), CAE (NYSE: CAE), Cobham and Flight Data Systems to support the Australian military’s Project Air 7003, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. General Atomics said Tuesday the team aims to offer the MQ-9 Reaper remotely …

David Smith,  chief financial officer and director at Rolls Royce, will join U.K.-based science and engineering company Qinetiq as CFO. Qinetiq said Tuesday Smith will succeed David Mellors, who is scheduled to leave QinetiQ on Dec. 31 to join Cobham as the defense contractor’s CFO. “[David] has extensive executive experience in blue …

David Lockwood, CEO of U.K.-based electronics firm Laird, will succeed Bob Murphy as CEO of Cobham by Jan. 1, 2017. Murphy will leave his post by the end of 2016 and will be succeeded by Lockwood on the company’s board of directors, Cobham said Wednesday. “David has a background in defense …