---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001781162-22-000004"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MNTS"
cik: "0001781162"
company_name: "Momentus Inc."
filed_at: "2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T19:56:40.440133+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Momentus President Fred Kennedy resigns; CEO John Rood serves as President

## Summary
- President Fred Kennedy resigned effective January 21, 2022.
- CEO John Rood will assume the additional role of President.
- CTO Rob Schwarz appointed interim head of Engineering and Operations.
- First Vigoride launch targeted as early as June 2022; thermal vacuum testing and license applications underway.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001781162-22-000004
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MNTS
- cik: 0001781162
- company_name: Momentus Inc.
- filed_at: 2022-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000178116222000004/0001781162-22-000004-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000178116222000004/mnts-20220103.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001781162-22-000004
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001781162-22-000004.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001781162-22-000004.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Fred Kennedy resigned as President at Momentus Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President
  source text: On January 3, 2022, Fred Kennedy, the President of Momentus Inc. (the “Company”), tendered his resignation from the Company, effective January 21, 2022.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000178116222000004/0001781162-22-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  Rob Schwarz was appointed as head of the Engineering and Operations Organization at Momentus Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: head of the Engineering and Operations Organization
  source text: On January 7, 2022, Rob Schwarz was appointed head of the Engineering and Operations Organization at the Company on an interim basis.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000178116222000004/0001781162-22-000004-index.htm
- Executive change
  John Rood changed role as President at Momentus Inc..
  - Action: assumed
  - Role: President
  source text: The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, John Rood, will assume the role of the Company’s President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1781162/000178116222000004/0001781162-22-000004-index.htm

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