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General Dynamics Unveils Leadership Changes At Shipyards

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 20th, 2013

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General Dynamics [GD] has announced changes in leadership at two key Navy shipbuilding yards. General Dynamics is a builder of Navy destroyers. Photo by General Dynamics. Jeffery Geiger, the president of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a builder of destroyers in Bath, Maine, will become the president of submarine producer General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, Conn. That move will be effective Nov. 4. Frederick Harris will become president of Bath Iron Works while continuing to hold the same position…

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