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January 2008

• New executive Appointments

• Boeing, Lockheed Martin Team to Study the Next generation USAF Bomber
• BAE Systems Closes Pinzgauer 1 Production Line
• Titan's Acquisition Consolidates Chemring's Simulation Offering
• Aerospace & Defense Sector Demonstrates Continued Growth
• New Enterprise for Armored vehicles to be Established in Omsk
• Harris Receives $158 Million in New Orders for Falcom radios
• Force Protection
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• UK based Cobham plc Acquires US Based Sparta, Inc. for $416 million
• Northrop Grumman Realigns its Shipbuilding, Missiles Operations
• Mississippi State University Develop Portable Fuell Cell-Battery with Ultralife
• BAE Systems' Wins Army MMPV Program valued up to $2.28 Billion
• General Atomics Team with Sener, Promoting Predator in Spain
• ATK, ADG (Mecar) team to Modernize Stocks of Aging Tank Ammo
• Northrop Grumman to Lead JLTV Team with Oshkosh Truck Corp.

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Recent Appointments: BAE Systems has appointed Bill Clifford as president of its Ship Repair business, effective April 1, 2008. Clifford will succeed Al Krekich, who will retire March 31, 2008, after serving as Ship Repair’s president for the past 10 years. The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA] announced today that Naveed Hussain will serve in India as its Vice President of Engineering and Technology. Hussain will report to Boeing's Office of Technology and to Ian Thomas, president of Boeing India. Until recently Husein was director of Flight Engineering for Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.

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Force Protection is searching for new CEO - Gordon McGilton, Chief Executive Officer of Force protection Inc., has announced his retirement from the Company effective January 31, 2008. Michael Moody, age 61, presently President, as the Interim CEO while a search is conducted to select a CEO from internal and external candidates

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC - News) announced C. Michael Petters, currently corporate vice president and president of Newport News, has been elected corporate vice president and president of the newly created Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Philip A. Teel, currently corporate vice president and president of Ship Systems, has been elected corporate vice president and president of the company's Mission Systems sector effective April 1, 2008. He will succeed Jerry B. Agee who is retiring in August 2008.

Earlier this month the company has announced two new executive appointments related to newly created divisions. Jeffrey Q. Palombo was appointed as sector vice president and general manager of the company's newly-created Land Forces Division, including land forces, communications systems and laser systems programs.

Northrop Grumman named Joseph J. Ensor as vice president and general manager of the newly-created Space & ISR Systems Division (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) within the company's Electronic Systems sector.

James Culmo was appointed as vice president of Airborne Early Warning/Battle Management Command and Control-Navy (AEW/BMC2-N) Programs. Culmo succeeds Thomas Vice who was named vice president of Integrated Systems Eastern Region in November 2007. Patricia McMahon was appointed as deputy of Integrated Systems Eastern Region and Bethpage, N.Y. site manager. She reports directly to Thomas Vice, who was named vice president of the company's Integrated Systems Eastern Region in November 2007.

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Job Seeker Toolkit I want to:   - Improve My Resume   - Check My Background   - Distribute My Resume to Employers   - Upgrade My Resume	Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced three new executive appointments: Brig. General (ret.) Moshe Lipel was assigned as VP Finance at IAI's Elta Systems division. Prior to his retirement from the military, Lipel was head of the Budget Branch at the Ministry of Defense, and the Financial Advisor to the Chief of Staff.

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Also at Elta, Tal Sagi was appointed legal advisor and Vice President at Elta Systems, serving as the company's legal advisor. At IAI/Bedek, Col. (Ret.) Moshe medina was appointed general manager of the aircraft plant at the Bedek Aviation division, IAI's MRO and aircraft conversion center. Medina retired from the Israel Air Force in 2006, after 27 years of service.	Post Resume I want to:   - Upload or Copy/Paste a Resume   - Build a Salary-Paid Resume   - Build a Hourly-Paid Resume
Rolls-Royce has appointed Greg Clarke as Senior Manager, Corporate Communications, for the company’s Defense North America business, including Rolls-Royce North America Technologies Inc. – LibertyWorks. Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) appointed W. Timothy Carey Vice President for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems W. Timothy Carey Vice President for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Systems. He will report to Jon Jones, Raytheon Company vice president and president of SAS. Carey will succeed Michael L. Proch, who is retiring after 34 years with Raytheon. Carey, also a Raytheon veteran, joined the company in 1978.   Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE:SAI) today announced that Laura Luke has joined the company as vice president, media relations. Prior to joining SAIC, she served as director, corporate communications for SRA International Inc.