GM Defense, a General Motors subsidiary, and Anduril Industries announced a teaming agreement, establishing a framework to collaborate on defense program capture activities. The team will focus on delivering autonomy solutions, battery electrification and other new propulsion technologies.

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Jeff Ryder, vice president of growth and strategy at General Motors’ defense unit, said GM Defense sees a $25B market in developing new military products based on the parent company’s existing vehicles, technologies and parts, CNBC reported Monday. “That’s an addressable market that we feel we have a right to win and pursue. And that’s what we’re doing,” he said.

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Timothy Herrick, vice president of global product programs at General Motors, has been appointed to serve as president of GM Defense on an interim basis. He will lead the military vehicle manufacturing business until the company finds a permanent replacement for David Albritton, who exited GM Defense to join Amazon Web Services as VP of global communications for public sector and vertical industries.

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Ricardo Defense has received a subcontract of an undisclosed sum from General Motors’ defense segment to support deployment and product logistics requirements for infantry squad vehicles.

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General Motors' defense business plans to leverage the parent company’s commercial research-and-development efforts to support its work in defense and aerospace areas, National Defense reported Thursday.

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General Motors’ vision for its defense segment is to “reimagine” ways of turning its commercial vehicles and other technology products into platforms that could be offered to the U.S. military and allied forces, Defense One reported Thursday.

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Todd MacLeod, formerly the department manager of Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command program management at DCS, has been promoted to TACOM PM Support Division vice president and division manager at the company. In his new role, he will continue to drive growth while overseeing a team of defense acquisition professionals, Alexandria, Virginia-based DCS said Wednesday.

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Dana Deasy, a former Department of Defense chief information officer and Wash100 Award winner, has been selected to join Science Applications International Corp.‘s board of directors. As a member, he will serve on the board’s Risk Oversight Committee, and his appointment raises the board’s total membership to 11, the Reston, Virginia-based company announced on Friday. “We are delighted […] More

Dana Deasy, a former Department of Defense chief information officer and Wash100 Award winner, has been selected to join Science Applications International Corp.'s board of directors. As a member, he will serve on the board's Risk Oversight Committee, and his appointment raises the board’s total membership to 11. More

General Motors’ defense subsidiary has started operations in Canada in a bid to expand its international programs and support modernization of the Canadian Armed Forces. The newly incorporated GM Defense Canada will leverage the parent company’s advanced commercial and engineering capabilities, as well as GM Canada’s 448 dealers for maintenance services, GM Defense said Thursday. […] More

General Motors’ defense-focused subsidiary has been chosen to prototype an energy storage unit as part of the Defense Innovation Unit’s Stable Tactical Expeditionary Electric Power initiative. Under the contract, GM Defense will work to create a system that delivers continuous and sustainable power for mission-critical equipment to meet the energy demands of the warfighter, the Washington, D.C.-headquartered company […] More

General Motors and South Korea-based Samsung SDI plan to make an investment of more than $3 billion to establish a new facility in the U.S. to produce battery cells for electric vehicles. The companies expect the manufacturing plant to be operational by 2026 with over 30 Gigawatt hours of battery cell capacity, according to a […] More