Jeff Ryder, vice president of growth and strategy at General Motors' defense unit, said GM Defense sees a $25B market in developing new military products based on the parent company's existing vehicles, technologies and parts, CNBC reported Monday. “That's an addressable market that we feel we have a right to win and pursue. And that's what we're doing,“ he said.

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Timothy Herrick, vice president of global product programs at General Motors, has been appointed to serve as president of GM Defense on an interim basis. He will lead the military vehicle manufacturing business until the company finds a permanent replacement for David Albritton, who exited GM Defense to join Amazon Web Services as VP of global communications for public sector and vertical industries.

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Ricardo Defense has received a subcontract of an undisclosed sum from General Motors' defense segment to support deployment and product logistics requirements for infantry squad vehicles.

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General Motors' defense business plans to leverage the parent company's commercial research-and-development efforts to support its work in defense and aerospace areas, National Defense reported Thursday.

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General Motors' vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine“ ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.

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Cubic combined into a single business structure its mission solutions and global defense segments in August and Mike Knowles, president of the newly formed Cubic Mission and Performance Solutions segment, said he expects the consolidated defense business to improve operational efficiency and offer more integrated platforms to customers, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.

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Cubic Corp. will consolidate its defense business segments, effective immediately, to advance the company“™s strategic priorities, drive customer value and enhance operational effectiveness, Cubic reported on Friday. The new segment will be led by Michael Knowles, senior vice president of Cubic Corporation and president of Cubic Global Defense (CGD) since 2018. 

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Arena Solutions has collaborated introduced a technology platform for electronic defense suppliers to manage the life cycle and quality of products through Amazon Web Services' government-focused cloud environment.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 21, 2019 “” Pragmatics hired Thomas Payne, formerly senior director of operations at the U.S. arm of BAE Systems, to serve as vice president for the former’s defense and intelligence solutions business, GovCon Wire reported March 11. The company said Payne will take the VP role as Mike Yocom is set […] More

Autonomous technology developer ThayerMahan has partnered with WingmanAI to develop artificial intelligence platforms for potential use in maritime and defense operations.

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SeKON has received a one-year, $32.6M task order modification to provide information technology support services to a Defense Health Agency program executive office focused on managing  electronic health records for U.S. service members, veterans and their families.

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Some executives at Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Textron have said the U.S. military's ongoing efforts to modernize warfighter readiness have increased opportunities for industry to offer virtual and augmented reality training systems, National Defense Magazine reported Thursday. Corey Hendricks, chief engineer of global training solutions at Raytheon, noted the company integrated VR and AR tools with mobile platforms […] More