Orbital Corporation Ltd. announced the appointment of Keith Hirschman as Vice President of the company's U.S. operations. With more than three decades of experience in the U.S. Army and defence industry, Mr. Hirschman will strengthen the Company's relationships with key unmanned aircraft system (UAS) customers and drive Orbital UAV's growth strategy in the USA. Prior to this, Mr. Hirschman enjoyed a distinguished military career, holding a number of senior positions including Director, Emerging Technologies Team ­ part of the U.S. Army's Rapid Capabilities Office. Here he was responsible for defining and prototyping capabilities to meet operational needs of high strategic risk and opportunity to close capability gaps against rapidly modernising adversaries.