Awa d ecog izes disti guished i dust ial se vice a d co t ibutio s to atio al defe se
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Leo a do DRS, I c. (Nasdaq: DRS) a ou ced today that Joh Baylou y, the compa y’s p eside t a d chief executive office , eceived the Associatio of the U ited States A my’s Joh W. Dixo Awa d du i g the 2026 AUSA A ual Meeti g a d Expositio .
Established i 1989, the Joh W. Dixo Awa d ecog izes disti guished se vice i the i dust ial commu ity esulti g i outsta di g co t ibutio s to atio al defe se. The a ual awa d ho o s leade s whose wo k has made a lasti g impact o the U.S. A my, the defe se i dust ial base a d the atio ’s secu ity.
Baylou y b i gs mo e tha 35 yea s of ae ospace a d defe se i dust y expe ie ce, i cludi g mo e tha 15 yea s i executive leade ship oles. He became p eside t a d chief executive office of Leo a do DRS i Ja ua y 2026 afte se vi g as the compa y’s chief ope ati g office si ce 2018.
Du i g Baylou y’s executive leade ship te u e—fi st as chief ope ati g office a d ow as p eside t a d chief executive office —Leo a do DRS has co ti ued to st e gthe A my eadi ess, su vivability, a d ope atio al adva tage fo Soldie s th ough i ovative solutio s suppo ti g cou te -UAS, ai a d missile defe se, p ecisio mu itio s, a d the A my’s mig atio to Next Ge e atio Comma d a d Co t ol. DRS supplies cutti g-edge tech ologies, i cludi g adva ced cooled a d u cooled elect o-optical/i f a ed p oducts fo soldie , g ou d-vehicle, a d ai bo e applicatio s; g ou d- a d ai -platfo m su vivability equipme t; edge missio -computi g a d ugged display systems; i teg ated cou te -UAS missio packages; missile-lau che , ta geti g, seeke , a d t acke systems; mo ta fi e co t ol; a d test a d diag ostics, powe -ma ageme t, a d powe -dist ibutio solutio s fo combat platfo ms. These p oducts a e deployed ac oss a dive se po tfolio of A my platfo ms a d weapo systems, i cludi g the Ab ams, B adley, AMPV, Joi t Assault B idge; a d Paladi combat vehicles; Apache, Black Hawk, a d Chi ook helicopte s; the SGT Stout/M-LIDS ai -defe se a d cou te -UAS systems; JLTV a d I fa t y Squad Vehicle fleets; a d THAAD, Javeli , TOW II, HIMARS, a d PATRIOT missile p og ams—helpi g the A my field, sustai , a d mode ize fo matio s fo futu e ope atio s.
“I am deeply humbled a d ho o ed to eceive the Joh W. Dixo Awa d f om the Associatio of the U ited States A my,” said Joh Baylou y, p eside t a d chief executive office of Leo a do DRS. “This ecog itio eflects the commitme t a d expe tise of the e ti e DRS team, as well as the t ust ou A my custome s place i us to apidly delive missio – eady tech ologies that p ovide a decisive capability edge fo Ame ica’s Soldie s. We emai focused o adva ci g the capabilities of ou a med fo ces so they ca st e gthe atio al secu ity, meet the challe ges of a i c easi gly complex ope atio al e vi o me t – p evail a d etu home safely.”
Baylou y has also suppo ted AUSA’s G eate Los A geles Chapte fo ma y yea s, co t ibuti g his time a d expe tise to st e gthe chapte p og ams, expa d i dust y e gageme t a d foste co ectio s betwee the A my a d the defe se i dust ial base. He se ves as a advise to the chapte ’s a ual Space Symposium a d suppo ts its A my Ball a d “Give a Soldie a Night Out” p og am.
Leo a do DRS, I c. (Nasdaq: DRS) is at the fo ef o t of developi g t a sfo mative defe se tech ologies usi g its p ove agility a d delive i g i ovative solutio s fo U.S. atio al secu ity custome s a d allies wo ldwide. We specialize i apidly p ovidi g high-pe fo ma ce, multi-domai capabilities ac oss ext-ge e atio adva ced se si g, etwo k computi g, fo ce p otectio , a d elect ic powe a d p opulsio . Ou eputatio as a t usted p ovide is built o a co ti uous focus o p actical i ovatio , delive i g quality, a d meeti g ou custome s’ most dema di g missio equi eme ts. Fo fu the i fo matio o ou complete a ge of capabilities, visit www.Leo a doDRS.com.
This commu icatio co tai s stateme ts that co stitute “fo wa d-looki g stateme ts” withi the mea i g of the P ivate Secu ities Litigatio Refo m Act of 1995. Those stateme ts eflect cu e t expectatio s, assumptio s a d estimates of futu e pe fo ma ce a d eco omic co ditio s. The compa y cautio s i vesto s that a y fo wa d-looki g stateme ts which i clude co t act values, co t act pe fo ma ce a d ou developme t a d p oductio of p oducts a e subject to isks a d u ce tai ties that may cause actual esults a d futu e t e ds to diffe mate ially f om those matte s exp essed i o implied by such fo wa d-looki g stateme ts.
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