UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) 
June 24, 2010

APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

001-14015
77-0262908
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3590 East Columbia Street, Tucson, Arizona
85714
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

(520) 628-7415
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

  
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.02.
Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
 
(c )             On June 24, 2010, the Board of Directors of Applied Energetics, Inc. (“Applied Energetics”) appointed Joseph Hayden to serve as President and Humberto Astorga to serve as Chief Financial Officer of Applied Energetics.
 
Joseph C. Hayden has been the Chief Operating Officer and Principal Executive Officer of Applied Energetics since April 2009.  Prior to that, he was the Executive Vice President - Programs for Applied Energetics since December 2004, and was the Executive Vice President of Business Operations from November 2002 to 2004. He is a founder of the company. Mr. Hayden has almost 30 years experience in organizational leadership, business development, managing and executing large engineering projects and high technology research and development. Prior to the founding of Applied Energetics, Mr. Hayden worked at Raytheon, Inc. and also at two other start-up companies.  A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Mr. Hayden was a U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer and Nuclear Engineer before leaving the service to work in industry.
 
Humberto A. Astorga has been principal financial officer and principal accounting officer of Applied Energetics since September 2009.  Since March 2006, Mr. Astorga has been Controller of Applied Energetics.  Prior to joining the company, Mr. Astorga was Controller of Lasertel, Inc., a semi-conductor laser manufacturer he joined in June 2002.  From 2001 through June 2002, Mr. Astorga was senior financial analyst of NCS Pearson, Inc., a provider of educational assessments, products, services and solutions.  Prior to joining NCS Pearson, Mr. Astorga was the SAP Business Analyst for Leoni Wiring Systems, Inc., a global supplier of wires, cables and wiring systems.  From 1997 until he joined Leoni Wiring in 2000, Mr. Astorga was a senior financial analyst for the Chamberlain Group, Inc., a consumer electronics manufacturing company.

 
 
 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
APPLIED ENERGETICS, INC.
 
(Registrant)
     
 
By: 
/s/ Joseph Hayden
   
Joseph Hayden
   
President and Chief Operating Officer

Date:  June 24, 2010