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Liberty Defense has Appointed The Honorable Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense & Current Board Member of AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV a ~$4B USD Defense Technology Company) to its Newly Formed Strategic Advisory Board
WILMINGTON, Mass., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. (“...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Liberty Defense has Appointed The Honorable Mary Beth Long, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense & Current Board Member of AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV a ~$4B USD Defense Technology Company) to its Newly Formed Strategic Advisory Board\n\n\n\n WILMINGTON, Mass., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --\n \n Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd.\n \n (“Liberty” or the “Company”) (\n \n TSXV: SCAN\n \n ,\n \n OTCQB: LDDFF\n \n ,\n \n FRANKFURT: LD2A\n \n\n )\n \n a leading technology provider of AI-based next generation detection solutions for concealed weapons and threats, is pleased to announce that The Honorable Mary Beth Long, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Independent Director of AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) has joined our new Strategic Advisory Board. This new Board will help focus and guide Liberty Defense in scaling its groundbreaking technology globally and executing its growth strategy as a leader in security and detection applications.\n \n\n Mary Beth Long served as US Assistant Secretary of Defense under Secretary Robert Gates, making her the first woman confirmed to a four-star military equivalent position in U.S. history, and also served as the Chair of NATO’s Nuclear and Missile Defense High-Level Group. Before that, she served as a career clandestine CIA officer, and she has been deeply involved in aviation and related security matters for nearly two decades.\n \n\n Ms. Long founded two multi-million-dollar advisory firms and a government contracting firm before joining AeroVironment as an Independent Director in 2023. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Defense and Aerospace Export Council. She is the Reynolds Family Fellow for Global Security for the Woodrow Wilson Center and serves on the Boards of Directors of the International Spy Museum and the Defense Intelligence Memorial Fund. Ms. Long also served as a professor of practice at The Pennsylvania State University’s Graduate School of International Affairs and is a member of the university’s global advisory board.\n \n\n Ms. Long welcomed this new appointment, stating that “security at home and abroad is changing fast and our future safety will depend upon the immediate integration of information and systems through...