What year was the defence company formed by the merger of two British defense companies and who the current USA Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration used to work for, formed?
Richard Ashooh: Richard Ashooh is an American businessman, politician, and government official who currently serves as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration. Richard Ashooh:  Ashooh previously served as the executive director of the Warren Rudman Center at the University of New Hampshire School of Law and was a senior executive in the aerospace industry, working for both Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems. BAE Systems:  The company was formed on 30 November 1999 by the £7.7 billion merger of two British companies: Marconi Electronic Systems (MES) – the defence electronics and naval shipbuilding subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc (GEC) – and British Aerospace (BAe) – an aircraft, munitions and naval systems manufacturer.
1999