Land Systems Panel
SODA “Made in Canada” Conference
Doug Wilson-Hodge
Corporate Affairs Manager
30 March 2015
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General Dynamics Land Systems
Canada
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• Entered defence business in 1977
• Exports are >80% of business
• Produce LAV family of vehicles &
integrate subsystems
• Re-role, upgrade & repair
• Provide fleet support
• Over 500 Canadian suppliers in
all regions across Canada
London, Ontario
Edmonton, Alberta
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“World Class”
Defence Industry Capability
• Premier Vehicle Systems
Integration
• Full Spectrum Engineering
• State-of-the-Art Manufacturing
Technology
• Full Range of Support Services
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Opportunities with GDLS-Canada
• Casting Suppliers
• Tube Bending - 1/4 inch to 2 inch dia.- copper,
aluminum, stainless steel
• Textiles - stowage bags - canvas material
• Composites - light weight
• Roto moulding rubber
• LMS, Training and Simulation solutions
• TRL 5+ Technologies related to power
generation, storage and management
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So You Wish To Become A
Supplier… the “Price of Admission”
• Must be Canadian Control Goods Directorate
registered
• Must have ISO or equivalent quality process
• Enabled for business on Internet
• Demonstrated knowledge of commodity or
service being promoted/proposed
• Organized with a single point of contact
• Technical know-how/personnel to support
• Register on our Portal – www.gdlscanada.com
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Points You Should Consider…
• GDLS-Canada has a mature
supply chain
• Enter defence market as part
of comprehensive business
decision… know the market
• Understand what does your
product and business really do
• Know where your product fits
in the GDLS-Canada supply
chain
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Points You Should Consider…
• Understand your value added
to GDLS-Canada
• GDLS-Canada must use
Canadian SMEs, but that
does not mean we have to
use you
• Make use of Regional
Development Agencies
(RDAs) and Associations
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Summary
• GDLS-Canada is a demanding
customer
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Quality and Delivery
• Our decisions are not ITB driven;
but business driven
• Always interested in new suppliers
• Contact
Ken Hill – hillkb@gdls.com
 www.gdlscanada.com
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Overview
All information in this report is Proprietary to General Dynamics Corporation or its subsidiaries. The information is presumed to be a trade secret protected under the Trade
Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1905 and is exempt from public disclosure or dissemination under at least exemption (b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4).
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Bringing the Best-of-Industry
to the Soldier or Marine
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Web portal
open to the
world
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Rapid technical
evaluation of
ideas and fasttracking to the
programs
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World class
physical
collaboration
facility located in
Michigan
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Fully tied into all
of GDLS
resources
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Systems Engineering Foundation
Warfighter Needs
Validated Solutions
Requirements
Validation
Verification
Concepts
Integrate
Design
Inspect
Build
Demonstrated Results Across Many Successful Programs
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Systems Engineering
Foundation for Innovation
Warfighter Needs
Validated Solutions
Collaborate
Demonstrate
Innovate
Integrate
Evaluate
Vehicle Test Center
Enterprise
Collaboration
Room
Innovation
Zones
Vehicle Center
Innovation Lab
Battle Lab
Warfighter
Integration Lab
Virtual Community
State-of-the-Art Facility
The mc2 Model “Starts With the Answer”
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Stage Gate Process
Disciplined Agile Process Producing Results at Unprecedented Speed!
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Thrust Areas
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Value Proposition
• Provide collaborative environment for
product improvement
Avg. 1,000 Innovative
Solutions/Year
• Inform requirements and the AOA
Process
• Bridge soldiers’ needs to potential
solutions
• Significantly shorten time to develop
and field
• Leverage GDLS resources for
community benefit
Future
Capability
Saving lives through innovation!
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mc2 contacts and on the Web
•
Kevin Vernagus | +1-586-855-9643 |
Business Development and Technology Collaboration Manager
Maneuver Collaboration Center (mc2), General Dynamics Land Systems
www.gdls.com/mc2
• http://www.gdls.com/index.php/capabilities/innovation
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