Austal USA Names Santamaria CFO
. “We are excited to have him on our senior leadership team and look forward to benefiting from his financial management experience.”Santamaria has served as CFO for several major defense contractors throughout his lengthy career. Before coming to Austal USA, he was CFO and a board member for Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions where he served in a number of roles. Santamaria also had a 24-year career with Lockheed Martin Corporation culminating with a position of Divisional CFO.Santamaria holds a B.S. in Business Management from Towson University in Maryland. He is a certified Lean Six Sigma
Hairston Named GM of Austal USA Advanced Technologies
technology team,” said Austal USA President Rusty Murdaugh. “Austal USA will benefit from his wealth of experience in executive management, engineering, domestic and international business development and business operations.”Hairston has previously held executive roles at Textron, Cobham, and Northrop Grumman, as well as positions with the Government in the Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Aegis Program Office prior to joining the defense industry.Hairston earned a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Turkish Cadets Learn GMDSS Operation
of MF/HF DSC, VHF DSC and setting of Navtex areas and messages, in addition to a focus on Inmarsat EGC (Enhanced Group Calls). The training was carried out on the bridge of the SAMSUN, which has space for 10 Cadets, and a dummy bridge on board with space for 20 Cadets. The SAMSUN contract was won by Cobham SATCOM’s Turkish partner Elektro Deniz, who installed the equipment and will provide ongoing service. The full SAILOR scope of supply is based on a SAILOR 6000 GMDSS delivery for operation in Sea Area A3 and includes: 2 x SAILOR 6110 mini-C GMDSS System, 3 x SAILOR 6222 VHF DSC Class A, SAILOR
