Aerojet Rocketdyne names Ken Bedingfield its new president
January 23, 2025
L3Harris Technologies, headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, USA, announced that Ken Bedingfield has been appointed president of Aerojet Rocketdyne. Bedingfield assumes his new role on February 3, 2025, in addition to maintaining his current position as L3Harris’s CFO. The previous president, Ross Niebergall, will remain with the company to support the transition before entering retirement.
It was also announced that Sam Mehta’s role will be expanded to lead enterprise Strategic Collaboration Agreements while continuing to lead the Communication Systems segment. Mehta is expected to establish, grow and leverage strategic relationships with industry partners to deploy next-generation capabilities to the US and its allies.
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In addition, the company’s transformation initiative LHX NeXt (led by Heidi Wood) will report to L3Harris chair and Chief Executive Officer Chris Kubasik.
“Ken and Sam are highly respected leaders, both with an established track record of success. Under Heidi’s leadership, LHX NeXt will continue to focus on cost savings and expand to enterprise transformation. I’m confident these changes position the company for continued success,” Kubasik said. “I would also like to thank Ross for his contributions to L3Harris and the defence industry. We wish him well in retirement.”
