Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. Announces Management Changes
January 17, 2017 at 02:00 pm
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that Steve Fendley has been named Corporate Senior Vice President and President of Kratos’ Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD), effective upon the retirement of Jerry Beaman, which was also announced on January 17, 2017. Mr. Beaman joined Kratos in 2013 as President of its Unmanned Combat Aerial Systems (UCAS) Division and Senior Vice President of Strategic Programs, focused primarily on building Kratos’ UCAS business. In 2014, Mr. Beaman was named President of KUSD, expanding his responsibility to all Kratos unmanned aerial, ground, seaborne drone and combat system related programs and initiatives. As President of KUSD, Mr. Fendley will be responsible for Kratos’ tactical unmanned combat aerial systems business, unmanned aerial target drone, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne systems, and KUSD’s related avionics, electronics, and command and control business. Supporting Kratos and Mr. Fendley in his new leadership position will be Rear Admiral Dennis FitzPatrick (U.S. Navy – Retired). Mr. FitzPatrick joined Kratos in September 2014 as the Vice President of Tactical Platforms Operations, where he has led the development of Kratos’ initial UCAS aircraft, the Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP-22). Going forward, Mr. FitzPatrick will continue to work with key KUSD customers and partners, and will continue to be directly involved in Kratos’ government affairs initiatives. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Fendley served as the Senior Vice President - General Manager/Chief Technology Officer for KUSD’s Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEi) business unit, where he has been responsible for leading and managing the overall CEi business, including a strong focus on driving technology-based new high performance unmanned aerial system platform growth, expanding CEi's target drone systems portfolio and aircraft legacy, and driving KUSD's unmanned tactical aerial system initiatives. Mr. Fendley also previously held the position of Vice President of Engineering for CEi. Mr. Fendley is the former President of 5-D Systems, Inc., and will remain Executive Chairman. Prior to Joining Kratos, Mr. FitzPatrick served 31 years in the United States Navy, during which he held several notable operational assignments, including executive officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and command of the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), where he completed a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and operations along the east coast of the United States.
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. is a technology, products, system and software company addressing the defense, national security, and commercial markets. It operates through two segments: The Kratos Government Solutions (KGS) and Unmanned Systems (US). The KGS segment includes its microwave electronic products, space, satellite and cyber, training solutions, Command, Control, Communication, Computing, Combat, Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR)/modular systems, turbine technologies, and defense and rocket support services operating segments. The US segment consists of its unmanned aerial, unmanned ground, unmanned seaborne and related command, control and communications system businesses. The KGS and US segments provide products, solutions and services for mission critical National Security programs. It serves customers, such as U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Space Force and the U.S. Space Command, and others.
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