The NIOA Group has introduced the appointment of main worldwide defence business govt Andrew Crickenberger.
Mr Crickenberger, previously Vice President of Technique for L3Harris Applied sciences’ Aerojet Rocketdyne Phase, joins NIOA as Chief Development Officer.
With a profession spanning greater than three many years as a senior govt with multi-national defence corporations, Mr Crickenberger brings a wealth of expertise and strategic imaginative and prescient to this new place.
As Chief Development Officer, United States-based Mr Crickenberger will spearhead the NIOA Group’s efforts to capitalise on rising alternatives within the world allied guided weapons and munitions sector.
His appointment follows NIOA’s strategic settlement with L3Harris Aerojet Rocketdyne, introduced final November, to discover the co-production of important guided weapons elements beneath the Australian Authorities’s $4.1 billion Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise.
NIOA has additionally lately taken up residency at Picatinny Arsenal in New Jersey – the US Military’s Joint Centre of Excellence for ammunition and weapons.
NIOA Group CEO Rob Nioa mentioned Mr Crickenberger’s appointment marked an thrilling new chapter for NIOA.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Andrew to our govt crew at a pivotal time within the subsequent section of our evolution as a worldwide munitions firm,” he mentioned.
“Andrew brings huge expertise in technique improvement and execution which aligns completely with our firm’s imaginative and prescient and world progress targets.
“With Andrew’s management and deep understanding of missile techniques we’re assured in our ambition to speed up a broad vary of important munitions priorities for Australia and allied companions whereas additionally strengthening our home defence industrial base.”
Mr Crickenberger is revered internationally in defence and aerospace circles having created strategic enterprise partnerships in a number of international locations.
Most lately, he was a founding member of the L3Harris crew that led the US$4.7b acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Earlier than becoming a member of L3Harris, Mr Crickenberger had a distinguished 25-year profession at Northrop Grumman the place his final position was VP Technique and Enterprise Improvement for the Missile Merchandise enterprise unit.
He holds a MS in Engineering Mechanics and a BS in Engineering Science and Mechanics from Virginia Tech in addition to a number of govt management certificates.
“Having labored in partnership with Rob and the NIOA crew for practically 15 years, it has been nice to see the expansion trajectory for the corporate,” Mr Crickenberger mentioned.
“I’m excited to affix the crew and lead the efforts to speed up that progress in Australia, the US and into new markets such because the UK and Canada.”
Mr Crickenberger’s appointment follows the appointment earlier this 12 months of Dan Olson, the previous VP of Northrop Grumman’s Weapon Techniques Division, to the NIOA Group Advisory Board.
In regards to the NIOA Group…
• The NIOA Group contains NIOA Inc [USA], NIOA Australia, NIOA New Zealand, the Australian Missile Company, Barrett Firearms [USA)] and three way partnership firm Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions.
• Established in 1973, NIOA is a worldwide firearms, weapons and munitions firm with operations within the USA, Australia and New Zealand with a distribution community protecting 75 US State division authorized international locations.
• NIOA is a significant tenant on the Australian authorities owned, contractor operated (GOCO) munitions facility at Benalla in Victoria the place it’s at present manufacturing 120mm munitions for the Abrams tank together with 30mm and 35mm cannon ammunition.
• The corporate is a three way partnership companion with Rheinmetall of Germany within the Rheinmetall NIOA Munitions 155mm artillery forging facility in Maryborough, Queensland, delivering key munitions for US allied nations.
• NIOA has a strategic settlement with Aerojet Rocketdyne, a L3Harris Applied sciences firm, to discover the manufacturing of key munitions and elements inside Australia’s sovereign guided weapons enterprise.
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