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GULFSTREAM PROMOTES DAN WATTS TO DIRECTOR OF FINAL PHASE OPERATIONS AT LONG BEACH FACILITY
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 24, 2007 – Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has appointed Dan Watts director of final phase operations, at its Long Beach, Calif., business-jet completions and service facility. Watts will be responsible for all work performed during the final phase of manufacturing, including paint hangar operations and deliveries of new aircraft to customers.
With more than 20 years of aviation experience, Watts most recently served as the senior Lean Manufacturing manager at the Long Beach site. He led the implementation of various Lean Six Sigma initiatives. Watts joined Gulfstream in 1998 as an industrial engineering group head. He previously served as a manager of industrial engineering at McDonnell Douglas and then Boeing, following the merger of the two companies.
Watts served as a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he worked as an avionics technician on both fixed-wing and rotor aircraft. He earned an associate’s degree in engineering from Long Beach Community College and has completed Six Sigma Black Belt certification training. Watts is a four-year member of the Lean Enterprise Institute.
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Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced some 1,600 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150 ®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200 ®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350 ®; the large-cabin, long-range G450 ®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500 ® and the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550 ®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales ®. The company employs more than 7,900 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church , Virginia , employs approximately 82,600 people worldwide and had 2006 revenues of $24.1 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.
