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General Dynamics Land Systems
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryDefense
PredecessorForce Protection Inc Edit this on Wikidata
FoundedMarch 7, 1982; 42 years ago (1982-03-07)
HeadquartersSterling Heights, Michigan,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsDefense
ParentGeneral Dynamics
Websitewww.gdls.com

General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) is a manufacturer of military vehicles, including tanks and light armored fighting vehicles. The company is based in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and is a subsidiary of General Dynamics.

It was originally established in 1982 following the acquisition of Chrysler Defense.[1]

GDLS is known for developing and manufacturing vehicles such as the M1 Abrams tank, Stryker, and LAV 6.

History

In February 1982 Chrysler announced the sale of Chrysler Defense, its profitable defense subsidiary, to General Dynamics for US$348.5 million. The sale was completed in March 1982 for the revised figure of US$336.1 million and renamed General Dynamics Land Systems.[2][3] Under this newly formed division, General Dynamics would take over production of the M60 and M1 tanks for the United States Army.

In 1985, 3 years after the sale from Chrysler, General Dynamics production plants in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania went on strike. Members of these plants were part of the United Automobile Workers union. The strike was primarily around wage increases.[4]

On April 11, 2024, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced its sanction on the company due to its arms sales to Taiwan.[citation needed]

General Dynamics Land Systems Australia

General Dynamics Land Systems Australia was established in 2000 to support the production of ASLAV.[5]

General Dynamics Land Systems Canada

In 2003 GDLS acquired Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH (SSF), the land defense vehicles unit of Steyr-Daimler-Puch, and General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada (GDLS-C), a subsidiary of General Dynamics based in London, Ontario, purchased General Motors Diesel, GM Defense unit from General Motors. At the time, it produced vehicles such as the LAV-25 and Stryker. The London operation continued in the GM Diesel plant location.[6] SSF merged into the General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) unit.

In 2015, GDLS Canada secured a fourteen-year, $15-billion deal to supply light armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia.[7] Representatives from Unifor, the plant union, expressed concern that the London facility would suffer financially due to negative publicity surrounding the deal due to human rights concerns within Saudi Arabia.[8] Both Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe and New Democrat Thomas Mulcair challenged Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the secrecy surrounding military sales to Saudi Arabia. David Perry, senior analyst with the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute, argued that secrecy in trade details is part of a pragmatic foreign trade policy necessary for a domestic industry in a global market.[7]

Manufacturing facilities

United States

The division operates the Lima Army Tank Plant and General Dynamics Anniston Operations in Anniston, Alabama, along with smaller operations in Tallahassee, Florida, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. Headquarters are located in Sterling Heights, Michigan. As of 2016, General Dynamics Land Systems employed 6,800 people.[9]

Vehicles

References

  1. ^ "Our History | General Dynamics". www.gd.com. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  2. ^ "Chrysler Unit Sold". The New York Times. 17 March 1982. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  3. ^ "GD Completes Purchase of Chrysler Tank Division". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. AP. 17 March 1982. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  4. ^ Barron, James (29 September 1985). "Army Will Get Tanks Despite Strike, Builder Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. ^ Systems-Australia, General Dynamics Land. "General Dynamics and Thales Australia Announce Agreement to Team for LAND 400". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2024-07-27.
  6. ^ "Factories redeveloped by shipping firms HCL Logistics and Drexel Industries".
  7. ^ a b De Bono, Norman (30 September 2015). "Union asks NDP to keep Saudi armoured vehicles deal 'under wraps', fearing 'significant' job losses". Postmedia Network. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  8. ^ Middleton, Ed (August 7, 2018). "'Clear risk to jobs': Trade dispute with Saudi Arabia worries General Dynamics workers". CBC News.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ New Products, New Customers - Macomb County
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