Appointments

AMSTERDAM. Airbus SE (stock exchange symbol: AIR) has appointed Alberto Gutiérrez, 56, Head of Military Aircraft within Airbus Defence and Space, effective January 1, 2019. He will report to Airbus Defence and Space...

BBETHESDA, Md. Lockheed Martin's board of directors has approved the appointment of Kenneth R. Possenriede, 58, as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Bruce L. Tanner, who intends to retire in mid-2019....

NEW DELHI. Dr SUM Reddy has been appointed the new Director of DRDO laboratory Microwave Tube Research & Development Centre (MTRDC), Bengaluru, with effect from November 30, 2018. Dr. Reddy, Scientist G, holds an M....

Bengaluru. Vinay Kumar Katyal has assumed charge as Director of the Bangalore Complex of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) with effect from November 27. He was GM (Military Communication)/BEL-Bangalore before his elevation. Mr Katyal...

Munich. Airbus Defence and Space has appointed Barbara Bergmeier, 50, as Head of Operations and Member of the Executive Committee, effective December 1. She succeeds André-Hubert Roussel, 53, who will become Chief Executive Officer...

  New Delhi. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Gaddam Dharmendra has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Islamic Republic of Iran. The 1990 batch officer Dharmendra is presently Additional Secretary at...

NEW DELHI. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Saurabh Kumar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Union of Myanmar. A 1989 batch officer Kumar is Indian Ambassador to...

  New Delhi. Senior Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer Sanjay Kumar Verma has been appointed Indian Ambassador to Japan. A 1988 batch officer Verma is presently Additional Secretary at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Headquarters...

  New Delhi. Lt Gen PS Rajeshwar took over as the 12th Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman, COSC in New Delhi on November 1. Prior to assuming the appointment as Chief of Integrated...

  New Delhi. Air Marshal MSG Menon took over as Director General (Wks & Cer) of Indian Air Force (IAF). Prior to taking over as Director General (Wks & Cer), he was the Assistance Chief of...

SAAB HAS appointed Martin P. Büsser to head up the Saab Gripen team in Switzerland. Martin, previously Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Ruag Aviation, assumed his position on October 1. The main...

  NEW DELHI. Boeing is pleased to announce that Pratyush Kumar, President of Boeing India, has been selected to lead the iconic F-15 fighter aircraft program in the United States. Kumar will focus on furthering...

NEW DELHI. Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command (SWAC) at Gandhinagar on October 1. He succeeds Air Marshal RK Dhir PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC...