What Happened?
San Diego, CA-based Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Appointed Steve Fendley as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:KTOS) is a specialized National Security Technology business providing mission critical products, services and solutions for United States National Security priorities. Kratos’ core capabilities are sophisticated engineering, manufacturing and system integration offerings for National Security platforms and programs. Areas of expertise include C5ISR, satellite communication systems, electronic warfare, unmanned systems, missile defense, cyber warfare, cybersecurity, information assurance and critical infrastructure security. Kratos has primarily an engineering and technically-oriented work force of approximately 3,900.
About the Person
Steve Fendley has held the Vice President of Engineering role for CEi, since early 2014. During his time with CEi, Mr. Fendley has worked closely with the CEi/Kratos team in expanding the business’s unmanned systems capability beyond target systems and into tactical systems, as well as significantly enhancing the overall technical team capability, and the system performance of CEi’s unmanned aircraft portfolio. Mr. Fendley has also been instrumental in Kratos` Unmanned Tactical Aerial Platform (UTAP – 22) program, and in the current pursuit of certain new unmanned tactical aerial system opportunities of KUSD. Since 1999, Mr. Fendley has served as President of 5-D Systems, Inc., a specialized technology focused defense contractor providing systems/software engineering services/solutions as well as SETA / A&AS support to U.S. Government customers, specializing in the unmanned drone systems area. Mr. Fendley’s career has been focused on the development of unmanned and optionally-piloted aircraft and aerial systems; including both aerial targets and tactical unmanned aerial systems and vehicles. Over his career, Mr. Fendley’s defense industry roles for various defense contractors, including Westinghouse, Tracor, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems, 5-D Systems, and now CEi/Kratos; have spanned from electrical/systems engineering, engineering management, program management and executive management.
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