GM Defense has established a dedicated presence in Britain and appointed Simon Gray as Director of Business Development, strengthening its engagement with the country\u2019s defence sector. The expansion will support UK defence priorities and the company\u2019s role in the Team LionStrike bid for the Ministry of Defence\u2019s Light Mobility Vehicle programme.<\/p>\n
Based in Andover, Gray will lead GM Defense UK\u2019s engagement with the Ministry of Defence, the British Armed Forces and industry partners. He will also support the company\u2019s wider NATO and European activities, including delivery planning and through-life support for Team LionStrike.<\/p>\n
The consortium brings together GM Defense, BAE Systems and NP Aerospace to compete for the programme to modernise the British Army\u2019s light mobility fleet. GM Defense will serve as the original equipment manufacturer and engineering authority, contributing commercial vehicle platforms, global engineering and manufacturing capacity, and an international parts and service network.<\/p>\n
\u201cEstablishing a dedicated UK presence is an important milestone in GM Defence\u2019s long-term commitment to the United Kingdom,\u201d said Steve duMont, President and CEO of GM Defense. \u201cOur local team will help us work more closely with the Ministry of Defence, our industry partners and the communities where we operate, ensuring we can provide responsive, reliable and sustainable support.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gray has nearly 20 years of UK defence leadership experience, specialising in procurement, rapid acquisition and programme delivery. He has managed multimillion-pound projects covering mobility platforms, military vehicle integration and uncrewed ground systems.<\/p>\n
His experience includes translating operational requirements into deliverable solutions and advising senior military leaders and international stakeholders. GM Defense said the appointment would help the company pursue practical and scalable mobility capabilities for the British Armed Forces.<\/p>\n
\u201cGM Defence has a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of British military mobility,\u201d said Gray. \u201cI\u2019m pleased to join the team at this important stage and look forward to working with our UK partners to deliver practical, scalable and long-term capability for the British Armed Forces.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GM Defense has established a dedicated presence in Britain and appointed Simon Gray as Director of Business Development,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-8984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-defence-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/defence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}