MILITARY

27 Mar 03. Maj. Gen. Darrel R. Porr, commanding general and commandant,
U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, promoted to deputy director for Medical Readiness, J-4, The Joint Staff, Washington, D.C., with a report date to be determined.

INDUSTRY

28 Jan 03. HYPRES, Inc., announced the appointment of Richard (Dick) E. Hitt, Jr. as Vice President/General Manager, Government Products and Services Prior to joining HYPRES, Inc., Dick served as director of business development for Raytheon’s tactical communications, where he was responsible for domestic and international bookings, forecasts, strategy and internal R&D. In addition, Dick led Raytheon’s pursuit of Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) programs.

26 Mar 03. Steve Purcell has been named senior vice president of Contracts for Cubic Transportation Systems Inc., a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp.

March 17, 2003 – Albert E. Smith, executive vice president, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, has named Stanton D. Sloane president of Management & Data Systems (M&DS). Sloane will replace Marcus C. Hansen, who is retiring next month after a stellar 34-year career.

26 Mar 03. Elbit Systems recently announced the following new appointment in its corporate staff:
Zeev Gofer, currently Corporate Vice President for Aircraft and Helicopter Upgrades and Systems will assume the position of Corporate Vice President for Marketing and Business Development.
Mr. Gofer is replacing Ran Galli, who is taking a six – month leave of absence at the end of which he will assume a new position in the Company.