Career Progressions

Terry Simpson has been named vice president of Life Cycle Engineering’s Applied Technology Group, Charleston, South Carolina.

Lt. Gen. Susan J. Helms, USAF, has been nominated for assignment as vice commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

President Obama has nominated Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, USAF, for assignment as supreme allied commander, Europe and commander, U.S. European Command. The North Atlantic Council approved the appointment of Gen. Breedlove as supreme allied commander, Europe.

American Science and Engineering Incorporated, Billerica, Massachusetts, named Charles P. Dougherty as president and chief executive officer.

Lt. Gen. John E. Hyten, USAF, has been nominated for assignment as commander, Fourteenth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command, and commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.

Maj. Gen. Michael A. Keltz, USAF, has been assigned as director, intelligence, operations and nuclear integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

Maj. Gen. William J. Bender, USAF, has been assigned as deputy director, operations, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq, U.S. Central Command, Baghdad, Iraq.

Rear Adm. Richard P. Breckenridge, USN, will be assigned as director, Undersea Warfare Division, N97, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 

Doug Rich has been named general manager America for Storage Made Easy, London and New York.

Jerry Howe has joined Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, Washington, D.C., as a partner in the Government Contracts and Aerospace & Defense Practices.