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Military subsidiary of General Motors
GM Defense is the military product subsidiary of General Motors, headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. It focuses on defense industry needs with hydrogen fuel cell and other advanced mobility technologies. GM Defense projects include SURUS (Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure), an autonomous modular platform joint project with the United States Army.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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GM Defense is the military product subsidiary of General Motors, headquartered in Concord, North Carolina. It focuses on defense industry needs with hydrogen fuel cell and other advanced mobility technologies. GM Defense projects include SURUS (Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure), an autonomous modular platform joint project with the United States Army.2
GM Defense is part of a group headed by General Motors. 362 entities, 42 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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Founded by General Motors in 1914.1
The original GM Defense was founded in 1950, and acquired by General Dynamics in 2003. This later became part of the General Dynamics Land Systems division.
In 2017, General Motors announced the company's return to the defense industry.
From Wikipedia’s article on GM Defense, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
Listed on Wikidata.1
Products produced by the former GM Defense in past include:
With the sale to General Dynamics, only the Stryker product lines are still in production. The M54 truck is no longer in production. MILCOT was transitioned to the US Army's COMBATT program.
Washington, DC - Headquarters
Concord, NC - Infantry Squad Vehicle Production Facility
From Wikipedia’s article on GM Defense, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
From Wikidata.1
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | Federal grants | Federal contracts | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | $173.0M | $173.0M |
| 2025 | – | $288.3M | $288.3M |
| 2024 | – | $145.4M | $145.4M |
| 2023 | – | $78.2M | $78.2M |
| 2022 | – | $58.6M | $58.6M |
| 2021 | – | $54.7M | $54.7M |
| 2020 | – | $12.7M | $12.7M |
| 2019 | $501.9K | – | $501.9K |
| 2018 | $265.0K | – | $265.0K |
Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2018–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.
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