---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-062997"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CW"
cik: "0000026324"
company_name: "CURTISS WRIGHT CORP"
filed_at: "2026-09-22T17:41:13+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-22T17:42:14.757287+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Curtiss-Wright names COO Kevin Rayment as CEO; Bamford becomes Executive Chair Jan 1, 2027

## Summary
- Kevin M. Rayment, EVP & COO, appointed President and CEO effective Jan 1, 2027; he also joins the Board.
- Lynn M. Bamford retires as CEO after 6 years; becomes Executive Chair. She has been with company 22 years.
- Rayment's new comp: $1.1M base salary, 125% target bonus, LTIP target value $5.225M (30% RSUs, 30% equity perf units, 40% perf share units).
- Bamford's tenure: returned $1.7B to shareholders via buybacks/dividends; delivered record sales, profitability, orders, backlog.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-062997
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CW
- cik: 0000026324
- company_name: CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
- filed_at: 2026-09-22T17:41:13+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/0001628280-26-062997-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/cw-20260921.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-062997.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lynn M. Bamford changed role as Executive Chair at CURTISS WRIGHT CORP.
  - Action: transition
  - Role: Executive Chair
  source text: Effective as of the PEO Start Date, she will transition to the position of Executive Chair.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/0001628280-26-062997-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin M. Rayment was appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer at CURTISS WRIGHT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On September 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kevin M. Rayment to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of January 1, 2027 (the “PEO Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/0001628280-26-062997-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kevin M. Rayment was appointed as Member of the Board at CURTISS WRIGHT CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Member of the Board
  source text: On September 21, 2026, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Curtiss-Wright Corporation (the “Company”) appointed Kevin M. Rayment to serve as the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board, effective as of January 1, 2027 (the “PEO Start Date”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/26324/000162828026062997/0001628280-26-062997-index.htm

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