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50 defence financings on file (30 as bookrunner, 19 as co-manager, 1 as lender), about US$46.7bn of deals led.

Borrowers and issuers: Textron, Lockheed Martin, RTX (Raytheon Technologies), Northrop Grumman, L3Harris Technologies, General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos.

Financings

DateFinancingTypeAmount
30 Jul 2026Booz Allen Hamilton US$1,200m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1.2bn
20 Feb 2026Leidos US$1,400m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1.4bn
29 Oct 2025Textron US$500m senior notes (1 tranche)BondUS$500m
24 Jul 2025Lockheed Martin US$2,000m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2bn
28 May 2025Northrop Grumman US$1,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1bn
30 Apr 2025General Dynamics US$750m 4.950% notes due 2035BondUS$750m
13 Mar 2025Booz Allen Hamilton US$650m 5.950% senior notes due 2035BondUS$650m
18 Feb 2025Leidos US$1,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1bn
11 Feb 2025Textron US$500m senior notes (1 tranche)BondUS$500m
5 Dec 2024Lockheed Martin US$1,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1bn
31 Jul 2024L3Harris Technologies US$6,684m senior notes (8 tranches)BondUS$6.68bn
13 Mar 2024L3Harris Technologies US$750m senior notes (1 tranche)BondUS$750m
31 Jan 2024Northrop Grumman US$2,500m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2.5bn
26 Jan 2024Lockheed Martin US$2,000m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2bn
8 Nov 2023RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$6,000m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$6bn
8 Nov 2023Textron US$350m senior notes (1 tranche)BondUS$350m
3 Aug 2023Booz Allen Hamilton US$650m 5.950% senior notes due 2033BondUS$650m
31 Jul 2023L3Harris Technologies US$3,250m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$3.25bn
24 May 2023Lockheed Martin US$2,000m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2bn
27 Feb 2023RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$3,000m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$3bn
17 Feb 2023Leidos US$750m 5.750% notes due 2033BondUS$750m
7 Feb 2023Northrop Grumman US$2,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$2bn
20 Oct 2022Lockheed Martin US$4,000m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$4bn
22 Apr 2022Lockheed Martin US$2,300m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2.3bn
3 Nov 2021RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$2,100m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$2.1bn
7 Oct 2021Leonardo €2.4bn ESG-linked revolving credit facilityBank facility€2.4bn
6 Aug 2021RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$2,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$2bn
5 May 2021General Dynamics US$1,500m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$1.5bn
13 Nov 2020L3Harris Technologies US$650m 1.800% notes due 2031BondUS$650m
4 Aug 2020Textron US$500m senior notes (1 tranche)BondUS$500m
18 May 2020Lockheed Martin US$1,150m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$1.15bn
18 May 2020RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$2,000m senior notes (2 tranches)BondUS$2bn
25 Mar 2020General Dynamics US$4,000m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$4bn
23 Mar 2020Northrop Grumman US$2,250m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2.25bn
11 Mar 2020Textron US$650m 3.0% notes due 2030BondUS$650m
13 Nov 2019L3Harris US$400m 2.900% notes due 2029BondUS$400m
1 May 2019Textron US$300m 3.900% notes due 2029BondUS$300m
15 Aug 2018RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$11,000m senior notes (7 tranches)BondUS$11bn
10 May 2018General Dynamics US$7,500m senior notes (7 tranches)BondUS$7.5bn
8 Nov 2017Textron US$350m floating rate notes due 2020BondUS$350m
12 Oct 2017Northrop Grumman US$8,250m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$8.25bn
12 Sep 2017Textron US$300m 3.375% notes due 2028BondUS$300m
3 May 2017RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$4,000m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$4bn
28 Feb 2017Textron US$350m 3.650% notes due 2027BondUS$350m
30 Nov 2016Northrop Grumman US$750m 3.200% senior notes due 2027BondUS$750m
31 Oct 2016RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$4,000m senior notes (5 tranches)BondUS$4bn
7 Mar 2016Textron US$350m 4.000% notes due 2026BondUS$350m
17 Nov 2015Lockheed Martin US$7,000m senior notes (6 tranches)BondUS$7bn
1 May 2015RTX (Raytheon Technologies) US$850m 4.150% senior notes due 2045BondUS$850m
13 Feb 2015Lockheed Martin US$2,250m senior notes (3 tranches)BondUS$2.25bn

Roles come from the filings and announcements cited on each record. Volumes are full deal sizes, not this lender's share.

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