Joseph Militano, VP of international and business development communications for Raytheon, has moved to the top public affairs and communications slot at DRS Technologies, the Virginia-based military contractor.
DRS, which makes electronic systems for the Pentagon and developed submarine detection technology, was acquired by Italian conglomerate Finmeccanica in 2008. It picked up a $23.4M contract this month with Lockheed Marin for the U.S. Navy to produce display systems for ships, submarines and aircraft carriers.
Militano takes the title of senior VP, PA and communications leading media relations, marketing communications/advertising, organizational comms. and executive support.
He was an investigative reporter for the Connecticut Post before moving to the corporate side with IBM and Honeywell.
At Raytheon, he was the senior PR exec in the company’s D.C. office.