General Motors' defense arm has begun renovating one of its facilities to support manufacturing activities for a light and agile all-terrain troop carrier for the U.S. Army.
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General Motors Subsidiary Hands Army First Infantry Squad Vehicle
General Motors' defense arm has handed over the U.S. Army's first Infantry Squad Vehicle for soldier and equipment transportation under a potential $214.3M firm-fixed-price contract awarded in June.
Read More »David Albritton Promoted to General Motors Defense President
David Albritton, formerly executive director of product development and international communications at General Motors, has been promoted to president of the automotive company’s defense business, PR Week reported Wednesday. Albritton said he will focus on efforts to assess GM Defense operations and develop a strategy for the group to engage …
Read More »DOE, General Motors, MathWorks Sponsor Eco-Friendly Vehicle Competition
Twelve universities will work to develop an eco-friendly road vehicle for a Department of Energy-supported competition with General Motors and software firm MathWorks serving as co-sponsors. The four-year EcoCAR Mobility Challenge tasks teams to each modify a 2019 Chevrolet Blazer into an an energy-efficient vehicle geared for carsharing uses, EcoCAR …
Read More »Report: General Motors to Create New Defense Industry Unit
General Motors aims to create a new defense industry unit as part of the vehicle maker’s efforts to expand business with the U.S. military, Automotive News reported Monday. The report said GM will establish the GM Defense unit within the company’s global product development arm. GM has initiated multiple defense projects and …
Read More »General Motors, Bioservo Enter Robotic Glove Tech Licensing Agreement
Bioservo Technologies has licensed a robotic glove technology built by General Motors and NASA with the intent to repurpose the device for healthcare and manufacturing applications. The licensing deal between the two companies allows Bioservo to integrate its Soft Extra Muscle technology to the battery-powered wearable RoboGlove in an effort to build a grasp assist device that will …
Read More »Linda Gooden Joins General Motors Board of Directors; Tim Solso Comments
Linda Gooden, formerly an executive vice president at Lockheed Martin, has joined General Motors’ board of directors. Gooden served as president of Lockheed’s information technology division and oversaw integrated IT and cyber services for civil, defense, intelligence and other government clients, GM said Thursday. Tim Solso, GM chairman, said Gooden’s “background in the …
Read More »Orbital ATK Backs Delta II Rocket Launch With Solid Rocket Motors, Payload Fairing
Orbital ATK supplied a composite fairing component and nine graphite epoxy motors – GEM 40 – for a United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket that took off Saturday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The first Joint Polar Satellite System that NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration developed through a collaborative …
Read More »General Dynamics Gets $60M Afghanistan Rocket FMS Contract Modification
General Dynamics‘ ordnance and tactical systems business has received a $59.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to supply Hydra rockets and motors to Afghanistan under a foreign military sales agreement. The Defense Department said Thursday the modification covers the delivery of 38,496 M151; 458 M229; 49,728 M274; and 1,200 M278 units …
Read More »Orbital ATK to Help MDA Sustain Trident, Orion Rocket Motors
Orbital ATK has secured a five-year, $48 million contract from the Missile Defense Agency to help sustain Trident I and Orion rocket motors the agency intends to use in target and interceptor vehicles. The company said Wednesday it will provide engineering, test and analysis, motor logistics storage and disposal static test, and flight test …
Read More »AM General Hires Howard Glaser as Commercial Business President, Pat Kemp as Mobility Ventures EVP
Howard Glaser and Pat Kemp have joined AM General as president of the company’s commercial business segment and executive vice president of Mobility Ventures, respectively. Glaser, formerly an EVP at OTG Management, will be responsible for AM General’s commercial business execution and report to President and CEO Charlie Hall, AM General …
Read More »Report: General Atomics Seeks Partners to Offer Electromagnetic Systems in Indian Market
General Atomics is looking for partners to build and market new electromagnetic weapons and associated equipment for defense customers in India, The Financial Express newspaper reported Saturday. Huma Siddiqui writes that India-based technology companies Pipavav and L&T are interested in collaborating with the U.S. contractor. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi …
Read More »Rich Armstrong: DRS Builds Magnet Motors for Drilling Contractors, Clients
DRS Technologies has delivered its permanent magnet motors offering to Weatherford International Ltd., a provider of equipment for the oil and gas industry. The rugged PR Series 1600 HP magnet motor technology is built to be integrated with Weatherford’s oil drilling mud pump, DRS said Friday. “We believe permanent magnet …
Read More »GE, Local Motors Team for ‘FirstBuild’ Innovation Model; Steve Liguori Comments
General Electric has teamed up with Local Motors to develop a new approach to production for companies in the manufacturing industry. Through the FirstBuild open platform, the partnership plans to mine ideas from designers, builders, makers and other enthusiasts for new technologies and products, GE said Thursday. GE says those …
Read More »ATK Motors Help Carry Orbital Science Vehicle Into Space; Cary Ralston Comments
ATK‘s composite, propulsion and spacecraft technologies were used to help launch the Orbital Sciences-built Minotaur I vehicle into space on Tuesday for a U.S. Air Force program. This launch was the 80th Air Force mission to use Orion motors and the first to use ATK’s Autonomous Flight Safety System, which is …
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