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HAZELWOOD
APPOINTED VICE PRESIDENT OF UNMANNED SYSTEMS
HUNTSVILLE,
Ala., Sept. 22, 2008─ QinetiQ North America has appointed Donald Hazelwood as
Vice President of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group.
Formerly the Project Manager for the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS),
a position he held as an active-duty Army colonel, Hazelwood brings to the
Systems Engineering Group more than 25 years of U.S. Department of Defense
material acquisition leadership and management experience.
In his new position, Hazelwood will be responsible for the strategy,
coordination and growth of the Systems Engineering Group’s unmanned systems
business across all U.S. military branches and markets, including air, sea and
ground. He also will support QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group
in integrating advanced airborne technologies into the Group’s military robots.
“We have great confidence in Don Hazelwood’s ability to help us create added
value on the technologies, services and solutions we deliver to our nation’s
warfighters,” said Garrett Martz, President, Systems Engineering Group.
In addition to his UAS experience, Hazelwood held leadership positions with the
Joint Program Office of the U.S. Missile Defenses Agency; the Program Executive
Office, Army Airborne Command and Control Systems; and the Office of the
Secretary of the Army, Pentagon. He earned MS degrees in Business from Webster
University and in Strategic Studies from Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base.
The Systems Engineering Group (SEG) of QinetiQ North America provides high-value
engineering, software solutions, logistics information management, flight
training, C4ISR expertise and IT technical support services to the U.S.
Department of Defense, allied governments and select commercial customers. SEG
supports its customers with the knowledge and experience of more than 2,400
employees from 50-plus locations worldwide.
QinetiQ (pronounced “kinetic”) North America is a family of companies that
comprises more than 6,000 engineers, scientists and technologists working to
develop solutions that meet the challenges of national defense, homeland
security and information access. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group
plc (QQ.LSE), one of the world’s leading defense and security technology
companies.
Media Contacts:
Mike Ruggeri
VP, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
Systems Engineering Group, QinetiQ North America
636-300-5151 (office)
636-627-9070 (mobile)
Ruggeri@Westar.com
Matthew Warnock
QinetiQ North America
703-752-6528 (office)
703-853-5511 (mobile)
Matthew.warnock@qinetiq-na.com