Frequency Electronics Appoints Allen Kaplan as Chief Financial Officer

Frequency Electronics Names Allen Kaplan as CFO, Effective November 1, 2026, Succeeding Steven L. Bernstein, Who Is Retiring After 16 Years with the Company

Frequency Electronics, Inc. has elected Allen Kaplan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective November 1, 2026. Kaplan will join the company’s senior executive leadership team and report directly to President and Chief Executive Officer Tom McClelland. He succeeds Steven L. Bernstein, who will retire on the same date after 16 years of service to the company.

Kaplan brings more than 21 years of experience leading finance and accounting teams. He joins Frequency Electronics following a distinguished career at Leidos’ Defense Sector, where he most recently served as Vice President of Finance and Business Operations. In this role, he led financial strategy, pricing, capital investment and programme financial performance across a large portfolio of defence manufacturing programmes, spanning the full lifecycle from prototype development to full-rate production.

During his tenure at Leidos, Kaplan also served as Business Operations Director from 2022. Before that, he held progressively senior positions in finance and business operations beginning in 2016. Earlier in his career, he worked at Lockheed Martin Corporation from 2005 to 2016, serving in various roles of increasing responsibility.

Frequency Electronics President and CEO Tom McClelland welcomed Kaplan to the leadership team, highlighting his extensive industry experience and financial leadership capabilities. McClelland also expressed appreciation for Bernstein’s dedicated service and wished him well in retirement.

Kaplan holds a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management from Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Business Administration from Villanova University.