ArmaLite, Inc. announces the appointment of Tommy Thacker as new corporate President.

Thacker brings nearly 20 years of top-level management, sales and firearms experience to ArmaLite, Inc.

Thacker previously served as Director, Product Management for FNH USA, in McLean, Virginia. He supervised the LE and Commercial product team which was  responsible for testing, qualifying and launching firearm lines including the SCAR 16S, SCAR 17S, FNX pistols, and the complete line of FNS Pistols. At FNH, Tommy founded Team FNH USA. As captain, he led his team to its first ever national title and was himself crowned the 3 Gun Nation National Champion in 2012.

More recently, Thacker worked with Loudoun Guns, Inc. of Leesburg, Virginia where he was the Vice-President of Business Development and Co-owner. Loudoun Guns is the largest privately owned stocking firearms retailer in northern Virginia.

Since 2006, Tommy has been the managing partner of Northern Virginia Tactical, a privately held training and tactical company. There, he is responsible for all federal and commercial sales, training and consulting.

“I am excited about the opportunity to take ArmaLite to the next level. With our history of innovation the sky is the limit and I am ready to push those limits,” said Thacker.

“We are thrilled to have Tommy on board, and we are looking forward to focused growth and continued development of ArmaLite's industry leading product line,” said John Spurrier, President and COO of Strategic Armory Corps, the company that owns and operates ArmaLite, as well as Surgeon Rifles, McMillan Firearms, and AWC Silencers.