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Business/Financial

GD Names New Combat Systems Chief, CFO; Aiken To Focus On Technologies Segment

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, January 5th, 2024

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GD Names New Combat Systems Chief, CFO; Aiken To Focus On Technologies Segment

Kim Kuryea has been named as chief financial officer of General Dynamics effective Feb. 15. Photo: Manhattan Associates

General Dynamics [GD] last Friday announced several personnel moves, naming Danny Deep as its incoming chief of the company’s Combat Systems segment, and Kim Kuryea as the company’s next chief financial officer (CFO). Jason Aiken, the company’s current CFO, who has also led GD’s Technologies group since the start of 2023, will focus solely on his operating duties beginning Feb. 15. Aiken has been CFO since 2014. The Technologies group consists of the Information Technology and Mission Systems segments. Deep,…

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