CAE USA (NYSE: CAE) has partnered with General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Finmeccanica‘s Alenia Aermacchi subsidiary to pursue a contract to build an U.S. Air Force trainer aircraft and related systems, Defense News reported Wednesday. Aaron Mehta writes the General Dynamics-led team will offer a version of Alenia’s M-346 jet …

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary will deliver civilian and military armored vehicles and provide maintenance and training services to Saudi Arabia under a potential $13 billion contract, Defense News reported Friday. Ontario-based General Dynamics Land Systems Canada will design and develop the vehicles for a planned initial delivery in 2016. Ken Yamashita, …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has been awarded a $520 million contract action to acquire long lead time materials for work on four Virginia-class submarines for the U.S. Navy. The Navy is obligating $283, 711, 000 in funds at the time of award and no funds will expire at …

Laura Schumacher, an executive vice president and a general counsel at pharmaceutical company AbbVie, has been elected to the board of directors of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). Her appointment took effect Sunday and she currently serves as board secretary for the Abbott Laboratories spinoff, General Dynamics said Monday. “Laura is …

A subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) will deliver armored carriers to the Swiss army starting next year, following an order for the same vehicles four years ago, Defense World reported Thursday. General Dynamics European Land Systems will provide the Swiss with 130 DURO GMTF Armoured Personnel Carriers between 2015 …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary has been awarded a $171, 961, 941 contract action by the U.S. Navy for dry-docking maintenance work on the USS Carter Hall. The Navy is obligating $104, 155, 547 in fiscal year 2014 operations and maintenance funds at the time of award and $123, 702, 226 …

A General Dynamics subsidiary has won a $121.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide the branch with long lead-time materials for three Virginia-class submarines.  The modification grows the value of the contract General Dynamics Electric Boat won in April 2012 to $716.5 million, the company said Dec. 23. …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Electric Boat subsidiary has won a $28.9 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to continue developing a common missile compartment for U.S. and U.K. underwater vessels. Electric Boat will acquire materials to assemble the missile tube for the U.S. Ohio replacement submarine and the U.K.’s …

Jason Aiken, senior vice president and chief financial officer of General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Gulfstream subsidiary, has been elected by the board of directors to serve as CFO of General Dynamics starting Jan, 1. 2014. The 11-year company veteran will succeed Hugh Redd, who will retire from the company after …

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit has won a potential two-year, $25.3 million task order to update firewall and automated security management systems at Air Force and Air National Guard bases. General Dynamics Information Technology won the order under the Network-Centric Solutions indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracting vehicle, the subsidiary said Tuesday. Charlie Plummer,  vice president …