Michael Tweed-Kent

Michael Tweed-Kent is vice president and general manager for the Integrated Combat Systems division. The division is a global leader in delivering solutions to naval and maritime customers in the intelligence and combat information and action cycles. Employing an open architecture and open business model, the division provides sensors and payloads, systems integration, technical services, platforms and software, processors and other infrastructure. ICS serves the maritime sensing, command/control/computing and the platform/integration markets.

Prior to this position, Tweed-Kent was vice president and general manager for the Command and Control Systems strategic business unit from 2001 until October 2003. Under the leadership of Tweed-Kent, the unit grew to over $300 million in sales. Significant new programs included weapon system integration for the U.S. Navy SSGN program and a key system integration role on one of the three teams selected to perform a preliminary design concept of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program.

Tweed-Kent was previously the vice president of programs and engineering for General Dynamics from 1998 through 2001. During this time, he was responsible for leading a high technology multi-functional organization of over 800 people. Accomplishments include the deployment of the U.S. Navy's Trident II Fire Control Modernization program, which involved the delivery of over 1.5 million software lines of code in a successful large-scale application of commercial-off-the-shelf equipment to a shipboard weapon system.

As vice president of land combat programs for General Dynamics from 1997 to 1998, Tweed-Kent was responsible for the development and production of complex transmission systems for the U.S. Army's Bradley Fighting vehicle. Other previous positions include director of quality, general manager of advanced programs, technical director, and manager of hardware engineering. Tweed-Kent received his master's degree in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University, and a bachelor's degree in physics from Millersville State College.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems designs, develops, manufactures, integrates, operates and maintains mission systems for defense, space, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, homeland security and homeland defense customers. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., the company specializes in ground systems, imagery processing, mission payloads, space vehicles; maritime subsurface, surface and airborne mission systems; and tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination programs for national intelligence. More information is available on the Internet at www.gd-ais.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.

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