SAINT CLOUD, MN, July 11th 2022 – Maxim Defense announces David Farrell as Vice President of Commercial Sales.

His responsibilities will encompass sales team leadership, expanding Maxim’s presence in new geographies, develop new distribution channels, and contribute to the company’s marketing and business strategies.

David brings over a decade of sales and leadership experience to Maxim. Before joining Maxim, David led the high-performance sales teams at Christensen Arms and spent four years with Sig Sauer managing multiple national accounts and other various sales and marketing initiatives. He is a graduate of the University of Iowa and received his M.B.A from the University of New Hampshire.

“David is an outstanding addition to the Maxim team. He brings a deep knowledge of the firearms industry and what it takes to deliver client success,” said Dave Larson, EVP of Sales & Marketing. “As Maxim continues its rapid growth, David’s sales leadership and background in building top-performing sales teams will expand Maxim’s products and brand.”

To learn more about Maxim Defense, please visit us at www.maximdefense.com.

At Kentucky’s annual PGA Tour event, the 2022 Barbasol Championship, GALLS, an Official Sponsor, will be sponsoring the Patriots’ Outpost July 7-10.

Seamus Power, Champion of the Barbasol Golf Championship. Image courtesy of the Barbasol Championship website.

Lexington, Kentucky (July 2022) – GALLS®, the nation’s leading supplier serving America’s Public Safety and Military professionals, is an Official Partner of the 2022 Barbasol Championship; Kentucky’s annual PGA Tour event. This year, the event will be held July 7 – 10, 2022, at the Champions course at Keene Trace Golf Course in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

“GALLS will be hosting the Patriots’ Outpost, where active-duty military members, veterans, and first responders can come and enjoy complimentary food and beverages, and relax,” Mike Fadden, CEO of GALLS, commented. “GALLS is proud to partner with the Barbasol Championship in recognizing our men and women in the military and first responders.”

On Thursday, July 7, opening day, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear will be making an appearance at the golf championship during the Barbasol Military & First Responder Appreciation Day. Additional events are planned on July 7th to show support and thanks to service members and first responders. Military members can receive up to two complimentary tickets to attend the Barbasol Championship on any day.

2021 Barbasol Champion, Seamus Power will be returning alongside some of the world’s top golf champions, competing for the coveted Barbasol Championship, 300 FedEx Cup Points, and a PGA Tour exemption to the 2022 Open Championship.

For more information on Mike Fadden, CEO of Galls, visit Linkedin. Visit the GALLS website for more information at www.galls.com and on Facebook.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – July 8, 2022 – After an exclusive negotiation process that began in December 2021, Orolia — a company recognized globally for its positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) and related activities, technologies and equipment — today joins Safran Electronics & Defense, the European leader and world number three in inertial navigation systems.

Orolia employs more than 435 people in Europe and North America and has revenues of around €100 million. Its solutions include atomic clocks, time servers*, simulation and resilience equipment for GNSS** signals, as well as emergency locator beacons for commercial aviation and military applications. These make Orolia a highly complementary and synergistic part of Safran Electronics & Defense’s activities as it meets the challenges of positioning, navigation and synchronization in contested and vulnerable environments.

In most situations, GNSS systems are the reference providers of time and position data. Still, they need to be secured by combining them with accurate, high-integrity autonomous time or inertial references.

Through this partnership with Orolia, a foremost provider of time management solutions, Safran Electronics & Defense, a leader in positioning and navigation solutions, will offer a complete and cohesive set of resilient PNT architectures and equipment to meet the challenges of integrity and robustness for the aviation, defense, space, transportation, new mobility and critical infrastructure markets.

Jean-Yves Courtois, CEO of Orolia, commented: “Orolia could not imagine a better fit than with Safran to secure its growth and leverage its PNT leadership positions. Thanks to the addition of best-in-class timing and inertial technologies, premier access to the largest defense and aerospace markets, and a proven track record in government program capture and execution, Safran and Orolia now have all the cards in hand to establish themselves as the Resilient PNT leader.”

Martin Sion, CEO of Safran Electronics & Defense, said: “The acquisition of Orolia makes Safran one of the only companies with the full complement of PNT technologies, bringing together Orolia’s precise time referencing and Safran Electronics & Defense’s proven inertial navigation solutions. Our shared ambition is to become the world leader in resilient PNT for all conventional and strategic applications.”

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aviation (propulsion, equipment and interiors), defense and space markets. Its core purpose is to contribute to a safer, more sustainable world, where air transport is more environmentally friendly, comfortable and accessible. Safran has a global presence, with 76,800 employees and sales of 15.3 billion euros in 2021, and holds, alone or in partnership, world or regional leadership positions in its core markets.

Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices. For more information: www.safran-group.com