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GM’s New Defense Chief Albritton, Familiar To Reporters, Sees Business As A Start Up

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, December 14th, 2018

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GM’s New Defense Chief Albritton, Familiar To Reporters, Sees Business As A Start Up

David Albritton, President, GM Defense LLC. Photo: GM

General Motors [GM] earlier this month appointed a new chief for the company’s fledgling defense unit, David Albritton, a long time communications and media relations professional in the Navy and defense industry, who is taking on his first line responsibility.Albritton, who has spent the past three years as the communications lead for GM’s Global Products Group, became president of GM Defense LLC on Dec. 4, several months after retired Army Gen. John Charlton took the job but then left.Albritton spent…

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