In 2012 Bill Lynn was announced as the new head of Leonardo DRS, fresh off serving as deputy secretary of defense for the first Obama administration.
DRS, both as an independent entity and then since its 2008 purchase by Italian firm Finmeccanica (now Leonardo), has enjoyed a remarkable run of CEO stability. Mark Newman served as CEO from 1994-2012. Then came Lynn, and on Jan. 1, John Baylouny — who has 35 years with DRS and currently serves as COO — will take over the CEO role.
Given his experience both as a defense executive and the No. 2 official at the Pentagon, Lynn has had a unique view of the defense space over the last two decades. He sat down recently with Breaking Defense to look back at his time leading DRS, the decision to take the company public, and…
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