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.
