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New Vice President At Gulfstream
The Gulfstream aviation company has named Austin Shontz as the new Vice President of Savannah operations. His new duties will include overseeing initial manufacturing and final stage engineering at the company’s business jet headquarters in Savannah Georgia.
Dennis Stuligross, the senior Vice President of the company praised Shontz for improving processes and for introducing new and improved technologies into the aircraft plant. Shontz has worked with the company since 1997 when he joined the company as a director of manufacturing. In 1999 he was promoted to director of the company’s Long Beach Facility. Shontz began his career in aviation in 1986 with McDougall Douglas and was a deputy manager with the company before leaving for Gulfstream.
Shontz has a degree in industrial engineering and a MBA from Pepperdine.
About Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation
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 ®.
You can visit the company website for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com
About General Dynamics
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia , employs approximately 82,600 people worldwide. 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
