LOCATIONS
LAND
10 Jul 24. G3 Systems wins overseas construction works contract for security improvements for British Embassy in Luanda, Angola. G3 Systems Limited, the British company with over 20 years of operationally proven expertise in designing and producing deployable containerised solutions and providing infrastructure support to military and government organisations in remote locations across the globe, has just started construction works to improve the facilities and security of the British Embassy in Luanda, Angola. The contract, awarded following a competitive tendering exercise, is a mix of demolition, refurbishment, new build and security improvement works estimated to take 15 months. The project involves a number of complex elements that will have a significant benefit to the location including drainage remedial works, installation of a sewage treatment facility, updating and installing new M&E systems and extensive repairs, improvements and construction of security features for the compound. In addition to the specified construction works, G3 Systems will also be seeking to complete a number of local sustainability/charity projects to support the local community.
AIR
09 Jul 24. Nigerian Air Force confirms 50 new aircraft are on the way. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has confirmed plans to acquire 50 new aircraft in the next year, from combat jets to attack helicopters.
Chief of Air Staff, Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar, speaking during the opening of new aviation facilities in Katsina State on 18 June, said the aircraft include 12 Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, 24 Leonardo multirole M-346 jets, 12 Leonardo Helicopters AW109 multipurpose helicopters, and two Airbus C295 transport aircraft.
The NAF expects to receive the aircraft by 2025. The acquisition is part of the government’s efforts to modernise the Nigerian military and enhance its ability to tackle security challenges in the country. The new aircraft will be used for surveillance, reconnaissance, and combat operations against insurgents and criminals.
Previous announcements from the NAF indicate it plans to also acquire two AW109 Trekker helicopters from Leonardo Helicopters, two King Air 360 twin turboprops from Textron Aviation, four DA 62 surveillance aircraft from Diamond Aircraft, six T-129 helicopters from Turkish Aerospace Industries, and three Wing Loong II unmanned aerial vehicles from Chengdu.
The NAF received the last of its four DA 62 aircraft in October 2023, and these are fitted with Hensoltd Argos II HDT electro-optical gimbals. Since the first arrived in February 2023, they have been deployed to operating theatres in support of ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in troubled areas within the country. It is also understood that three Wing Loong IIs have been delivered, and that the first King Air 360ER arrived from Textron Aviation in November 2023.
The first T-129 was taken into service in February this year and allocated to the Nigerian Air Force’s 115th Special Operations Group at Port Harcourt. The unit currently operates a mix of Mi-24P, Mi-24V and Mi-35 heavy assault/attack helicopters, together with Airbus Helicopters EC135s for observation and reconnaissance. The remaining four T-129s will be received from Turkish Aerospace Industries by year-end.
The Nigerian Army, meanwhile, is acquiring 12 MD 530F Cayuse Warrior helicopters from MD Helicopters and last week received two of three Bell UH-1H ‘Huey’ helicopters for its new aviation wing.
Meanwhile, the NAF earlier this month said it achieved a maintenance-related milestone with an in-country 4800 hours maintenance inspection on a Dornier 228 aircraft for the first time. “This level of scheduled maintenance on the Do 228 aircraft, previously performed by foreign Maintenance Repair Organizations (MROs), was completed at a significantly cheaper rate and with reduced aircraft downtime,” the NAF said.
Air Vice Marshal Olanrewaju Oyename previously said that the inspection of the aircraft (NAF 031), began in May 2021 but faced several delays, primarily due to challenges in acquiring necessary spare parts. “This is history, and you made it happen. This is the first PDM [Periodic Depot Maintenance] on a NAF aircraft conducted entirely by NAF personnel in the First Engineering Unit of the NAF at the Premier NAF Base in Kaduna,” he said.
Commanding Officer of 30 Engineering Wing, Wing Commander Micheal Aransiola, explained that the 4 800-hour inspection was the highest level of maintenance carried out on the Do 228 aircraft. He then detailed the five-phase processes of the PDM as follows: Phase I involved acceptance, documentation and docking; Phase II included paint stripping and removal of components; Phase III focused on repairing discrepancies; Phase IV involved reinstallation of components and operational checks; and Phase V concluded with ground checks, taxi checks, and a Functional Check Flight.
New and refurbished assets are being used by the NAF to fight insurgency, terrorism, banditry, and oil theft. Earlier this month Abubakar highlighted the achievements of the Nigerian Air Force over the past year, in spite of challenges posed by Nigeria’s harsh economic realities, including high youth unemployment, increasing inflation, and multi-dimensional poverty.
“The NAF, so far, has achieved modest yet significant progress in fighting insurgency, terrorism, banditry, oil theft, and other criminal activities in the country,” he said. For example, NAF assets during Operation Hadarin Daji on 15 June eliminated over 80 terrorists at a hideout in Katsina State, along with 45 motorcycles.
“The strikes became necessary following intelligence that terrorists numbering over 100 were reported burning houses at a settlement about 5 kms away from Gidan Kare Village. Overhead the village at about 8.30pm, several houses were observed to be on fire with the entire village in pandemonium. Moments later, 12 motor cycles were seen departing the village and trailed along a footpath out of the village to a location near Gidan Kare Village and Kuka Shidda Camp, where they joined up with a large number of their cohorts. Other terrorists were also observed arriving the location from different directions, an indication that the location was a massing up point with the terrorists likely planning to further attack nearby villages,” the NAF stated.
“Having been presented such a rare opportunity, authorization was sought, obtained and the location was immediately struck at exactly 9:40pm, with over 80 terrorists confirmed eliminated and about 45 motorcycles burnt down, while few surviving terrorists were observed fleeing or limping off. Further intelligence received after the strike also revealed that the terrorists were closely linked with notorious terrorists kingpin Yusuf Yellow and his close associate Rabe Imani. These strikes, along with others before now, have no doubt disrupted terrorists activities in the area.” (Source: https://www.defenceweb.co.za/)
MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT
PERSONNEL
09 Jul 24. New faces in Cabinet JCPS cluster. More clarity regarding the workings of the seventh democratic South Africa Cabinet, sworn into office last week, can be expected post this week’s two-day lekgotla with its JCPS (Justice, Crime Prevention and Security) cluster having a new line-up. Gone are ministers Thandi Modise (Defence and Military Veterans), Bheki Cele (Police), Home Affairs (Aaron Motsoaledi, back to Health) and Ronald Lamola (Justice and Correctional Services to International Relations and Co-operation).
In comes Angie Motshekga (Defence and Military Veterans) with two deputies to call on, while Senzo Mchunu exits water and sanitation to take on the police portfolio, also with a pair of deputies. Thandi Nkadimeng is now Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development with Correctional Services a stand-alone department and ministry under the leadership of Pieter Groenewald. The final new face in the JCPS cluster is that of Leon Schreiber at Home Affairs.
Party-wise the cluster has ANC (African National Congress), DA (Democratic Alliance) and FF+ (Freedom Front Plus) representation in line with the expanded multi-party Cabinet named by President Cyril Ramaphosa a month after the country went to the polls.
There is, as yet, no indication of whether the JCPS cluster will expand to include the now separate correctional services and justice portfolios.
Ahead of the opening of Parliament, by way of joint sitting of the National Assembly (NA) and National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday, 18 July (Mandela Day), 30 portfolio and five other committees were named. Included is the Portfolio Committee on Defence and Military Veterans (PCDMV) while none of the others, including standing committees, are named by Parliament.
One is the Joint Standing Committee on Defence (JSCD), established as per the South African Constitution. Its mandate reads: “to investigate and make recommendations on the budget, functioning, organisation, armaments, policy, morale and state of preparedness of the National Defence Force and to perform such other functions relating to parliamentary supervision of the Force as may be prescribed by law”. Its members are drawn from the NA and NCOP and is, in similar vein to the PCDMV, a mechanism for multi-party supervision” of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) in its entirety.
The JSCD along with the joint standing committees on Financial Management of Parliament and Intelligence are the only three which are drawn from NA and NCOP public representatives.
NCOP public representatives make up the Select Committee on Security and Justice which covers five government departments. They are defence and military veterans, home affairs, justice and correctional services (split in the seventh democratic administration), International Relations and Co-operation and Police. (Source: https://www.defenceweb.co.za/)
EUROPE APPOINTMENTS
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
10 Jul 24. Navy Under Secretary Erik Raven will step down from his position next month, the Navy said. Raven took on the job in April 2022 and has served as the Department of the Navy’s chief operating officer and chief management officer, according to his official biography. (Source: Defense News Early Bird/Navy Times)
10 Jul 24. Leslie Beavers is the new acting chief information officer for the U.S. Defense Department. ,“I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Acting Chief Information Officer at United States Department of Defense,” Beavers wrote in July on LinkedIn. The department’s website now lists her as acting CIO. (Source: C4ISR & Networks)
10 Jul 24. Army MG Kevin D. Admiral for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as the commanding general, III Corps and Fort Cavazos, Fort Cavazos, Texas. Admiral is currently serving as the commanding general, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, Texas.
10 Jul 24. Army MG William H. Graham Jr. for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as the chief of engineers and commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Graham is currently serving as the deputy chief of engineers and deputy commanding general for Civil Works and Emergency Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. Army MG Joshua M. Rudd for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as the deputy commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii. Rudd is currently serving as the chief of staff, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
10 Jul 24. Army MG Joseph A. Ryan for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as the deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Ryan is currently serving as the assistant deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. Army MG David Wilson for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as deputy chief of staff, G-9, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Wilson is currently serving as the commanding general, U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Illinois.
10 Jul 24. Army National Guard MG Jonathan M. Stubbs for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general, with assignment as director, Army National Guard, Arlington, Virginia. Stubbs is currently serving as the adjutant general, Arkansas National Guard, North Little Rock, Arkansas.
10 Jul 24. Army Col. Eric W. Widmar for appointment to the grade of brigadier general, with assignment as the legal counsel to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, D.C. Widmar is currently serving as the staff judge advocate, U.S. Central Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Steven G. Behmer for appointment to the grade of major general. Behmer is currently serving as the deputy commanding general, Security Assistance Group – Ukraine, U.S. European Command, Wiesbaden, Germany.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG William D. Betts for appointment to the grade of major general. Betts is currently serving as the director, Operations, Ninth Air Force, Air Forces Central; and director, U.S. Central Command Combined Air Operations Center, Air Combat Command, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Joseph L. Campo for appointment to the grade of major general. Campo is currently serving as the director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Colin J. Connor for appointment to the grade of major general. Connor is currently serving as the director, Sentinel Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site Activation Task Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Luke C. Cropsey for appointment to the grade of major general. Cropsey is currently serving as the Department of the Air Force program executive, Command, Control, Communications and Battle Management, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Robert D. Davis for appointment to the grade of major general. Davis is currently serving as the director, Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Gerald A. Donohue for appointment to the grade of major general. Donohue is currently serving as the director, Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Aaron D. Drake for appointment to the grade of major general. Drake is currently serving as the senior defense official/defense attaché-Russia, Defense Intelligence Agency, Moscow, Russia.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Lyle K. Drew for appointment to the grade of major general. Drew is currently serving as the director, Logistics, Civil Engineering and Force Protection, and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Russell D. Driggers for appointment to the grade of major general. Driggers is currently serving as the commander, 502nd Air Base Wing, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Michael R. Drowley for appointment to the grade of major general. Drowley is currently serving as the director, Joint Training and Exercises, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG David S. Eaglin for appointment to the grade of major general. Eaglin is currently serving as the deputy director, Operations, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Gregory Kreuder for appointment to the grade of major general. Kreuder is currently serving as the director, F-35 Integration Office, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Joseph D. Kunkel for appointment to the grade of major general. Kunkel is currently serving as the director, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability, deputy chief of staff, Strategy, Integration, and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Jefferson J. O’Donnell for appointment to the grade of major general. O’Donnell is currently serving as the commander, Air Force Personnel Center, deputy chief of staff, Manpower, Personnel and Services, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Derek J. O’Malley for appointment to the grade of major general. O’Malley is currently serving as the deputy director, Operations, Headquarters North American Aerospace Defense Command, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Neil R. Richardson for appointment to the grade of major general. Richardson is currently serving as the deputy director, Strategic Planning and Policy, Headquarters U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii.
10 Jul 24. USAF BG Frank R. Verdugo for appointment to the grade of major general. Verdugo is currently serving as the director, Financial Management, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
10 Jul 24. USAF Col. John M. Schutte for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Schutte is currently serving as the deputy chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. European Command, Wiesbaden, Germany.
10 Jul 24. USAF Col. Lucas J. Teel for appointment to the grade of brigadier general. Teel is currently serving as the commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Air Combat Command, Muwaffaq Salti Air Base, Jordan.
10 Jul 24. Navy Vice Adm. Michael E. Boyle for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with assignment as director, Navy Staff, N09B, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Boyle recently served as commander, Third Fleet, San Diego, California.
10 Jul 24. Navy Vice Adm. Daniel W. Dwyer for reappointment to the grade of vice admiral, with assignment as deputy chief of naval operations for Operations, Plans, Strategy, and Warfighting Development, N3/N5/N7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C. Dwyer is currently serving as deputy chief of naval operations for Warfighting Deve lopment, N7, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D.C.
10 Jul 24. Navy Rear Adm. (lower half) Scott M. Brown for appointment to the grade of rear admiral. Brown is currently serving as director, Industrial Operations (NAVSEA 04), Washington, D.C.
08 Jul 24. MG Thomas M. Feltey, deputy commanding general, III Corps, Fort Cavazos, Texas, to commanding general, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Cavazos, Texas.
08 Jul 24. MG Daryl O. Hood, commanding general, 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, to commanding general, U.S. Army Training Center and Fort Jackson; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training, Fort Jackson, South Carolina.
08 Jul 24. BG Bernard J. Harrington, commander, 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, to deputy commanding general, I Corps, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
08 Jul 24. BG Joseph G. Lock, military deputy director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C., to commander, Special Operations Command Europe, U.S. Special Operations Command; and director, Special Operations, U.S. European Command, Germany.
U.S. Army Reserve
08 Jul 24. MG Tina B. Boyd, commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia, to deputy director, J-3 (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), U.S. Africa Command, Germany.
08 Jul 24. MG Timothy E. Brennan, deputy director, J-3 (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), U.S. Africa Command, Germany, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), U.S. Army Support Command, First Army, and deputy commanding general, First Army Headquarters, Rock Island, Illinois.
08 Jul 24. MG Jan C. Norris, deputy chief information officer (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Office of the Chief Information Officer, Arlington, Virginia, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Theater), East Point, Georgia.
08 Jul 24. MG Joseph A. Ricciardi, deputy commanding general (Inactive Ready Reserve), Installation Management Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, to commanding general (Troop Program Unit), 88th Readiness Division, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
08 Jul 24. MG Jamelle C. Shawley, commander (Inactive Ready Reserve), Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa, Djibouti, to deputy director, Strategic Initiatives, J-5 (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
08 Jul 24. BG Matthew N. Metzel, deputy commanding general, Operations (Troop Program Unit), 200th Military Police Command, Fort Meade, Maryland, to deputy chief of staff, G-3/5/7 (Inactive Ready Reserve), U.S. Army Reserve Command, Fort Liberty, North Carolina.
08 Jul 24. BG Charles Phariss II, chief information officer and deputy chief of staff, G-6 (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), U.S. Army Europe-Africa, Germany, to commander (Troop Program Unit), 311th Signal Command (Theater), Fort Shafter, Hawaii.
08 Jul 24. BG Royce P. Resoso, deputy commanding general, Support (Troop Program Unit), 335th Signal Command (Mission Support Element), East Point, Georgia, to chief of staff (Individual Mobilized Augmentee), Defense Information Systems Agency, Fort Meade, Maryland.
REST OF THE WORLD APPOINTMENTS
05 Jul 24. LG Susan Coyle takes reins as Australian Chief of Joint Capabilities. Lieutenant General John Frewen transferred command of the Joint Capabilities Group to Lieutenant General Susan Coyle at the Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Forecourt this week, representing a change in Australia’s space, cyber and logistics leadership. The handover, attended by members of the Australian Defence Force, public service and industry, marks the first time Defence has had a female domain lead as LTGEN Coyle begins her tenure overseeing the ADF’s space, cyber and logistic effects. LTGEN Coyle previously served as Commander Forces Command in the Australian Army as well as Head of Information Warfare situated within the Joint Capabilities Group (JCG). During the ceremony, LTGEN Coyle reflected on her service within the ADF, beginning her career as a Private in the Reserves. (Source: Defence Connect)
INDUSTRY
INDUSTRY TEAMINGS
11 Jul 24. Smarter Technologies Group Signs Strategic Alliance Agreement with KPMG. Today, Smarter Technologies Group (STG) and KPMG UK (“KPMG”) have signed a strategic alliance agreement that will enable clients to uncover new business opportunities through one of the leading asset tracking and condition monitoring technologies on the market. KPMG will have exclusive access among the big four accountancy firms in the UK to Smarter Technologies’ real-time asset tracking, monitoring, and recovery capabilities. Through this new alliance, KPMG and STG will collaborate to capture, host, and analyse real-time big data from STG’s proprietary Orion IoT network and sensors primary data. This will provide operators and managers with on-going and up-to-the-minute data from their business. The evidence-based insight gained will inform strategic and tactical decisions and unlock cost reduction and performance improvement opportunities not previously possible. For example, an operations manager could predict where equipment is going to be unavailable faster than ever before, to eliminate any impact on the customer. Ian West, Head of Alliances, KPMG UK, commented, “STG’s Orion IoT network allows us to identify a host of new ways to transform our clients’ operations. We can now make data-based decisions with conviction, where in the past a lack of good quality data often held our customers back from making advances and exploring new business lines.” Mark Read, Chief Executive at Smarter Technologies, said, “This is an important agreement for us. We’ve been working with KPMG for some time, on a range of fascinating projects where our respective expertise has made a real difference and highlighted significant savings for Defence. With this agreement in place, we can explore more opportunities to bring this expertise to bear, enabled by big data from our Orion IoT network and sensors.”
10 Jul 24. Leonardo and AID Collaborate on Innovation in the Defence and Security Sector. Leonardo announces a new collaboration with Agenzia Industrie Difesa (AID), which centres on the strengthening of technological and operational innovation in the defence and security sector. The focus of the partnership will be on the joint development of conventional 155 mm artillery ammunition, primarily for Italian defence. This collaboration, which will last 18 months with the potential of renewal, aims to leverage the expertise and resources of both organisations to develop advanced solutions that improve the operational capabilities of the Italian Armed Forces. The collaboration also intends to enhance domestic production capabilities in conjunction with the current supply chain. Leonardo will provide its technological expertise and experience in complex projects. The company will take on the design authority role for the ammunition, conduct evaluation and qualification at national and international ranges, and will also design and bring the pre-series production into service. Additionally, Leonardo will provide support in the training and instruction of personnel. AID will contribute its know-how in the management of infrastructure, plants and machinery, and logistical resources. It will also be responsible for the production and assembly of the pre-series batch, as well as the subsequent mass production phase. For over a decade, the two organisations have had joint activities in the production and marketing of conventional and guided ammunition for calibres 76 mm, 127 mm, and 155 mm. The new synergy between Leonardo and AID will generate significant benefits for the Italian defence sector, not only enhancing its operational capabilities but also creating additional opportunities for the defence industry and scientific research in Italy. Furthermore, the projects developed together will focus on the promotion of innovation and competitiveness at an international level. (Source: ASD Network)
PERSONNEL
EUROPE APPOINTMENTS
11 Jul 24. Marcel Haar will be the new Managing Director of Frequentis Germany. Born in Vienna, Marcel Haar (39) started at Frequentis in 2016, where he initially built up the marketing organisation for all regions worldwide. As Director Group Communications & Marketing, he set the course for the digital transformation of Frequentis. Marcel Haar has an impressive track record in developing and implementing growth strategies and has more than 15 years of experience in finance, marketing, and sales. From 2009 to 2014, Marcel Haar worked at a US management consultancy, where his positions included Head of Marketing and Key Account Manager for Austria and Eastern Europe.
U.S. APPOINTMENTS
09 Jul 24. ArmorWorks Enterprises, LLC (“ArmorWorks”), a portfolio company of Littlejohn Capital, LLC, announced today the appointments of Justin Siebert as Chief Operating Officer and Kurt Hodgin as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Siebert is a seasoned executive with experience across Fortune 100 and private equity-owned organizations within the aerospace, defense and space sectors. Most recently, he served as Vice President – Operations & Production for Firefly Aerospace, where he led all of Firefly’s manufacturing and test operations. Prior to that, he served with BAE Systems Inc. as Deputy Vice President of Operations, Vice President of Magellan Aerospace Ltd., and held several positions with Honeywell Aerospace. He is a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Applied Science. (Source: PR Newswire)
09 Jul 24. Czechoslovak Group (“CSG”), a leading global industrial holding company, has appointed Jeff Janey to serve as Executive Vice President of Munitions Programs for CSE USA, the company’s Virginia-based U.S. division. As part of his new role, Mr. Janey will be responsible for CSE USA’s development of the U.S. market for medium and large-caliber munitions through collaboration with partners and the U.S. Government, international trade, and the development of strategic relationships. Additionally, Mr. Janey will support the company’s U.S. Defense Security Cooperation and international expansion projects. He brings more than two decades of experience interfacing with the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and other Government Agencies as well as global acquisition and business development expertise. (Source: PR Newswire)