L3Harris hires former Peraton CFO as new finance chief
L3Harris logo being displayed International Defence Industry Exhibition in September 2025 in Kielce, Poland. Photo by Jakub Porzycki / NurPhoto via Getty Images
By
Ross Wilkers
Ken Bedingfield, who first joined L3Harris as CFO in December 2023, will focus exclusively on leading its missile solutions business that is preparing to go public later in the year.
L3Harris Technologies has hired a new chief financial officer in Ken Sharp, a three-decade defense technology veteran and most recently CFO at Peraton.
Sharp’s appointment takes effect March 16 and he will succeed Ken Bedingfield, who first joined L3Harris as CFO in December 2023 and later added the duties of president for its missile solutions business segment.
Bedingfield will exclusively focus on leading Missile Solutions as L3Harris prepares to spin out the business via an initial public offering, the company said Monday.
First announced in January, the IPO of Missile Solutions is scheduled to take place in the second half of this year with the U.S. government entering as an anchor investor and L3Harris remaining in place as the business’ controller.
Sharp took up the CFO role at Peraton in December 2023 after three years in the same role at DXC Technology. His career prior to DXC includes a stint as CFO for the defense systems segment at Northrop Grumman.
He also has worked in senior financial leadership roles at Orbital ATK, Leidos, Science Applications International Corp. and the former Computer Sciences Corp.