GM Defense Names Steve duMont As New President, Opens ISV Production Facility

摘要

CONCORD, N.C. — GM Defense [GM] on Tuesday named Steve duMont, a former vice president of business development at Raytheon Missile Systems [RTX], as its new president, on the same day as it opened a production facility in North Carolina for the Army’s Infantry Squad Vehicle. duMont told Defense Daily he is focused on growing the company to include not only pursuing new vehicle production efforts but also teaming opportunities and advanced electrification technologies that leverage the massive research investment from the larger General Motors [GM] parent company. “I came onboard with the intent to grow the business, and that’s what I’m going to do. I’m focused on what are those next things that we can do where we can leverage this model of taking the commercial DNA from General Motors and smartly infuse it into this defense company,” duMont said during a visit ahead of the production facility opening. “When it comes to building the best vehicle for the warfighter, we do that as well as leveraging those technologies around autonomy and connected vehicles that are examples of where we could become a great teammate to other companies out there.”