NEW YORK, February 14 2005
IANS
An Indian American has been appointed to a key position in
General Dynamics Land Systems, a new position reporting directly
to the president, the company announced.
N.S. Sridharan, formerly vice president, propulsion systems,
will be responsible as vice president, engineering programmes,
for the business development and management of engineering programmes
that include the US Army's Future Combat Systems, a programme
to develop a communication network and new generation of combat
vehicles, and Britain's Future Rapid Effects Systems, a similar
programme for the British Army. The 55-year-old Sridharan, who
joined Land Systems and its research and engineering organisation
in 1983, has held positions of increasing responsibility in
engineering and programme management.
Past assignments include director, structure and design; director,
derivative vehicles; director, advanced programmes; director,
mobility systems and advanced concepts; and director, propulsion
systems. In 1999 he was appointed vice president propulsion
systems responsible for the business development, engineering,
integration, production and support of engines, transmissions,
and suspensions for combat vehicles worldwide.
He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in materials science
from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Sridharan earned
his undergraduate degree in metallurgy at the Indian Institute
of Technology, Chennai, India.
The $19.2-billion revenue General Dynamics, headquartered
in Falls Church, Virginia, employs over 70,200 people worldwide.
It is a market leader in mission-critical information systems
and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments
and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business
aviation.