{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001377789-22-000012","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"AVNW","cik":"0001377789","company_name":"AVIAT NETWORKS, INC.","filed_at":"2022-03-14T23:59:59+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-05-14T18:04:06.210855+00:00","generated_at":"2026-06-26T23:07:47.753327+00:00","sec_items":["5.02","7.01","9.01"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.35,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.35,"confidence":"high","headline":"Aviat Networks appoints Bruce Taten to Board of Directors","bullets":["Bruce Taten appointed to Board, effective March 9, 2022; will serve until 2022 Annual Meeting.","Taten brings ESG, M&A, compliance expertise; previously SVP/GC at Cooper Industries and VP/GC at Nabors Industries.","Taten is independent; receives standard non-employee director compensation; no related party transactions disclosed."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-22-000012","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-22-000012.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-22-000012.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001377789-22-000012.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778922000012/0001377789-22-000012-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778922000012/avnw-20220309.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-06-26T23:07:47.753327+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"fef3c6de3e","claim":"Bruce Taten was appointed as Director at AVIAT NETWORKS, INC..","evidence_excerpt":"On March 9, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Aviat Networks, Inc. (“Aviat” or the “Company”) approved the appointment of Mr. Bruce Taten as a director of the Board, effective immediately until the Company’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1377789/000137778922000012/0001377789-22-000012-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"appointed"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}