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Westar Appoints Tieszen to Executive Vice President of Operations

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 30, 2007─ Randal (“Randy”) M. Tieszen has been named Executive Vice President for Operations at Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. Tieszen replaces Garrett Martz who was recently appointed President of Westar.
In his new role, Tieszen will report to Martz and will support him in the day-to-day business operations of the company, as well as directing and synchronizing the efforts of business development, finance and human resources.

Prior to his new appointment, Tieszen served as Westar’s Executive Vice President for Aviation Programs. He joined the company in 2003, following a 30-year career as an Army Aviator, retiring at the rank of Brigadier General.

Westar is a leading systems engineering contractor with more than 1200 professionals around the world delivering high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics and IT support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments and select commercial customers. Westar is a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America.

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