General Motors’ [GM] defense business has stood up a new entity to tap into international needs and market its products and capabilities globally.
“Forming GM Defense International will drive our continued expansion as we leverage GM’s rich legacy of innovation in support of global defense and government customers,” Stave duMont, president of GM Defense, said in a statement. “As a non-traditional entrant to the defense market, we continue to receive positive feedback on our ability to bring commercial technologies forward at the speed that our customers require in these complex times. As we continue to explore opportunities across North America, Europe, the Middle East, the Indo-Pacific region and beyond, we look forward to leveraging commercial technology to modernize the mobility capabilities of allied forces around the world.”
The stand-up of the international arm of GM Defense follows the business unit’s announcement in late May that it is expanding its strategy to Canada, leveraging relationships that GM Canada has as well as the capabilities offered by parent GM. The GM Canada facilities give GM Defense the ability to provide made-in Canada solutions.
GM Defense is producing the Infantry Squad Vehicle and is on the General Dynamics
[GD] Land Systems team competing for the Army’s Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle.
Previously, GM Defense said that Bradley Watters, the company’s new vice president of international business development, and Pete Johnson, its new vice president of integrated vehicles business development, will lead customer engagements in Canada and globally.