Sean Daily, former vice president of finance and business operations at Lockheed Martin's (LMT: NYSE) space segment, has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as chief financial officer. CAES said Monday that Daily will also join the board of directors of the Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace and defense electronics provider.

Cobham Mission Systems has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to equip new F/A-18 combat jets with GGU-12 oxygen concentrators and CRU-99 oxygen monitors. “Cobham appreciates this continued show of confidence in the performance of our oxygen life support equipment,” said Jason Apelquist, senior vice president of business development and strategy, Cobham Mission Systems.

TransDigm Group (NYSE: TDG) has agreed to acquire a Cobham subsidiary focused on providing antennas and radio systems for the aerospace end market. TransDigm will use existing cash on hand to finance the $965M acquisition of Cobham Aero Connectivity and expects the transaction to close during the third quarter of calendar year 2021, subject to regulatory clearances and other customary closing conditions.

Stephen Sartwell, formerly an executive at L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX), has joined Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions as senior vice president for program and operations excellence. Sartwell held manufacturing-related roles across his tenure at L3Harris, including leadership over standardization to accommodate boosted production workloads, Cobham said Monday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, October 13, 2020 — Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) entered into a multiyear, $500M agreement to buy electronic warfare systems along with aerospace support from a Cobham subsidiary, ExecutiveBiz reported Sept. 29.

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Mike Kahn, a nearly 40-year aerospace and defense industry leader and a previous Wash100 awardee, has been appointed CEO of Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business.

Cobham’s advanced electronic solutions business has unveiled nine members of its board of directors five months after private equity firm Advent International acquired the U.K.-based aerospace and defense technology supplier.

The U.K. government is likely to approve a deal for Advent International to acquire aerospace and defense contractor Cobham after the Boston-based private equity firm proposed several measures to address potential national security risks from the combination, Reuters reported Tuesday.

Advent International has secured regulatory approval in the U.S., European Union and Finland for the Boston-based private equity firm's proposed $5B acquisition of U.K.-based aerospace and defense technology supplier Cobham, Reuters reported Tuesday.