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Anantha Krishnan, a 15-year veteran of the Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and most recently associate laboratory director of the LLNL engineering directorate, has been appointed senior vice president of the energy business at General Atomics.

Stephen Sartwell, formerly an executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as senior vice president for program and operations excellence. Sartwell held manufacturing-related roles across his tenure at L3Harris, including leadership over standardization to accommodate boosted production workloads, Cobham said Monday.

David Constable, a board member at Fluor (NYSE: FLR), will succeed the retiring Carlos Hernandez as CEO of the company, effective Jan. 1.

The Department of Defense established on Thursday the office of the assistant secretary of defense for space policy in accordance with the fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act. The creation of the new position “is a change of the civilian oversight of the space enterprise that aligns with the establishment of the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command,” said David Norquist, deputy defense secretary and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner.

Sera Gray, formerly vice president of operations at Red River, has been promoted to chief information officer of the Claremont, New Hampshire-based technology services provider.

Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, will join the board of directors of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) on Dec. 7.

Lucy Donahue, a more than 20-year federal health care procurement industry leader, has been promoted to chief strategy officer of By Light Professional IT Services in a string of executive appointments aimed at furthering the company’s strategic growth efforts in the information technology industry in support of government and industry clients.

Travis Szabo, a former executive at Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC), has been appointed vice president of growth for the military health system business at Cognosante.

David Whelan, former vice president of engineering and chief technologist at Boeing (NYSE: BA), has been named senior VP and chief scientist of Cubic (NYSE: CUB). He will lead the development of product line strategies and work with the Cubic executive team to grow technology offerings and drive business growth, the company said Monday.

Mike Pilon, formerly chief financial officer at government services contractor Valiant Integrated Services, has been named enterprise chief operating officer of the company in a string of senior leadership appointments.