T3 Defense Taps Rafael, Avnon Veterans as CBO and Manufacturing Chief
T3 Defense appointed Emil Blumer as Chief Business Officer, leveraging his 25-year tenure at Rafael and Avnon to drive growth strategy and market positioning. Jordan Buchler was named CEO of its Manufacturing & Industrial Processing Division to expand throughput, standardize processes, and boost production capacity across subsidiaries ITS and Positech.
1. Executive Appointments and Roles
T3 Defense appointed Emil Blumer as Chief Business Officer, focusing on growth strategy and market positioning, and named Jordan Buchler as CEO of its Manufacturing & Industrial Processing Division to oversee throughput expansion and process standardization.
2. Emil Blumer’s Experience
Blumer brings over 25 years at Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and senior roles at Avnon and Magal, including international program leadership and commercial management, aiming to align commercial strategy with industrial capacity and support capital allocation.
3. Manufacturing Division Leadership
Buchler will manage subsidiaries such as Industrial Techno-Logic Solutions (ITS) and Positech, with a mandate to expand manufacturing throughput, reduce qualification friction, and convert backlog into repeatable production output through standardized processes.
4. Strategic Implications for Supply Chain
These appointments target the constrained layers of the defense industrial base by pairing commercial insight with operational execution, potentially improving production reliability and scaling capacity to meet long-cycle defense program demands.