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General Dynamics Shuffles Electric Boat and NASSCO Leadership

Friday, September 13th, 2019

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General Dynamics Shuffles Electric Boat and NASSCO Leadership

Kevin Graney, president of GD Electric Boat. (Photo: General Dynamics)

General Dynamics [GD] has appointed Kevin Graney, president of GD National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), as president of GD Electric Boat (EB), effective Oct. 1. Concurrently, David Carver, NASSCO’s vice president and general manager of repair, is succeeding Graney as president of NASSCO, the company revealed Friday. These moves come as Jeffrey Geiger, who has served as president of Electric Boat since 2013, is retiring on Sept. 30 after a 35-year long career with the company. Graney started at…

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