Northrop Grumman appoints Managing Director – Australian Defence Magazine

Northrop Grumman Australia (NGA) has appointed a new Managing Director, Lee Davis. Deanne Barnett, the current NGA Managing Director, will be retiring in February 2027. Barnett took on the role of MD to lead the company’s Australian business operations and performance in September 2024 having previously been NGA’s Director of Sustainment and Modernisation since joining in September 2021. Davis will join NGA from Honeywell Aerospace Australia in January. Davis will be based at NGA’s Fortitude Valley office in Brisbane, and the current reporting structure will stay as it is with him reporting to VP and GM Command and Control & Weapons Integration, Defence Systems, Kenn Todorov. Davis will bring 30 years of experience across the defence sector. At Honeywell, he has served as country leader since December 2023, where he established a standalone aerospace entity in Australia and led the growth of the company’s defence and commercial business. He previously held senior roles at Rheinmetall and Boeing, leading major defence programs across tactical vehicles, battlespace communications, airborne surveillance and control, and air defence. He began his career as an armament engineer in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), working on guided weapons systems integration and operational capability across air combat platforms.
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