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December 24, 2025 | TeledyneEstimated reading time: 1 minute
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced the promotion of Dr. JihFen Lei to Senior Vice President of Teledyne Technologies. In this role, Dr. Lei will continue to lead Teledyne FLIR Defense and will assume responsibility for Teledyne’s Aerospace and Defense Electronics Segment, effective January 1, 2026.
This group of businesses, collectively referred to as the Teledyne Defense and Aerospace Group, includes a wide variety of advanced products and technologies, from high reliability electronic components, subsystems, energetics, and avionics in the Aerospace and Defense Electronics Segment, to FLIR Defense’s high performance unmanned, surveillance, and detection systems.
“Under Dr. Lei’s strong leadership, Teledyne FLIR Defense has excelled financially and has successfully delivered advanced solutions, including surveillance products and loitering munitions, that meet the complex needs of our global defense customers. In this new leadership role, Dr. Lei will focus on leveraging the full breadth of Teledyne’s Defense and Aerospace technologies to coordinate closely with our customers and bring them comprehensive solutions in a rapidly evolving Defense and Aerospace landscape,” said George Bobb, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teledyne Technologies.
Prior to her return to Teledyne in 2021, Dr. Lei performed the duties of the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering at the Pentagon and served as the Principal Deputy, Director of Defense Research and Engineering for Research and Technology. In these roles, Dr. Lei led the U.S. Department of Defense Science and Technology Enterprise and oversaw the Science and Technology investment, programs, workforce and laboratory infrastructure policy collaborating with international allies. Earlier in her government career, Dr. Lei led the Research & Technology Directorate at the NASA Glenn Research Center and served within the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and NASA Headquarters. Dr. Lei also led Teledyne Judson Technologies during her prior tenure at Teledyne from 2015 to 2019.
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