---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001486957-22-000030"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BWXT"
cik: "0001486957"
company_name: "BWX Technologies, Inc."
filed_at: "2022-08-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T22:14:49.105960+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BWXT CAO Rick Loving to retire; Robert Duffy named successor effective Aug 29

## Summary
- Richard W. Loving will retire after 43 years; stays as Special Advisor to CEO through March 31, 2023.
- Robert Duffy appointed SVP and CAO effective August 29, 2022; previously SVP at L3Harris.
- Loving receives $485K cash retention bonus on retirement, plus salary continuation; no 2023 incentives.
- Duffy to oversee HR, supply chain, safety, security, and continuous improvement functions.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001486957-22-000030
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BWXT
- cik: 0001486957
- company_name: BWX Technologies, Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-08-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000148695722000030/0001486957-22-000030-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000148695722000030/bwxt-20220819.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001486957-22-000030
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001486957-22-000030.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001486957-22-000030.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard W. Loving departed as Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer at BWX Technologies, Inc..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
  source text: On August 19, 2022, Richard W. Loving, Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”) of BWX Technologies, Inc. (“BWXT” or the “Company”), provided notice of his decision to retire from the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1486957/000148695722000030/0001486957-22-000030-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.