So Chabraja, who sits on the board and has much of his wealth tied up in GD stock, appears to have played a key part in getting the succession process rolling.
However, there are already examples of defense contractors like General Dynamics that have thrived while having a foot in both worlds (GD owns bizjet giant Gulfstream), and investors have become worried enough about where military demand is headed so that they no longer reflexively criticize any move that sector players make out of defense.