Tag Archives: General Dynamics

Women Increasingly Fill Prominent Defense Industry Positions

Marjorie Censer, Washington Post Capital Business. @CommonCenser looks at the rise to prominence of female executives at some of the defense industries’ biggest corporations. This week General Dynamics promoted Phebe Novakovic to become president and chief operating officer just on the heels of Lockheed Martin naming Marilyn Hewson as their new president and chief operating officer as well. They join BAE Systems, Inc. president and CEO Linda Hudson as part of a surge of female leaders in what has been a traditionally male dominated business sector.

C-27J End Not Official, Yet USAF Moves Forward

Marcus Weisgerber, Defense News. Even though Congress has not yet…

Competition Upended in JLTV program

Kate Brannen, Army Times. Take everything you knew about the JLTV competition for the Army and Marine Corps and throw it out. The game has changed completely. With a lower cost-per-vehicle requirement and reduced engineering and manufacturing development timeline, nearly every player involved has shifted their plans or gone a different direction. Where there were going to be three pre-selected teams and vehicles competing, now there are fully six submissions. Several teams that were previously selected have added new vehicles or struck out on their own. The field now has AM General; a Lockheed Martin-led team that includes BAE Systems; Oshkosh; Navistar; General Tactical Vehicles (a…

Marines, Lockheed Handed Big Victory as Panetta Ends F-35 Probation

John Bennett, U.S. News and World Report DOTMIL. Secretary Panetta took a trip out to Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland to meet the folks working on testing the F-35 Lightning series of aircraft and announced he plans to lift the “probation” on the F-35B set by his predecessor. Sighting great progress in the last year bringing the Vertical Takeoff version of the aircraft in line with its sister models, Panetta gave a major boost to the embattled program and the Marine Corps’ hopes for a replacement for its aging jet fleet. 

Pentagon Said to Propose Ending $6.8 Billion Missile,…

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General Dynamics CEO Sets Sights on Further Growth, Acquisitions

Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters. GD CEO and former Chief-of-Naval-Operations Jay Johnson discusses with Reuters last week his views of the future of General Dynamics and the industry. He offers an insight that most analysts agree with. This is actually a ripe time for major defense manufacturers like GD to acquire other companies to expand their offerings, while leveraging emerging markets like China and South America. While the worries are real about the future of the U.S. defense market, major programs will have to continue and support for most remains strong. 

Obama Administration Urges Flat 2013-2017 Defense Spending Plan

Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg. The White…