Joe Ferrara, a more than 25-year defense and aerospace industry executive, has taken on a new role as vice president of C6ISR strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), he announced in a LinkedIn post.

He brings to the position his engineering and technical background and decades of experience capturing domestic and international business.

Ferrara is a certified Project Management Professional and is a graduate of Lockheed’s Corporate Strategy and Business Development Academy, according to his LinkedIn profile.

He has been with Lockheed since 1998 and held roles of increasing responsibility, including director of business development and senior manager for ballistic missile defense.