General Dynamics UK Limited
Peter Cottingham has extensive experience in engineering management within the defense sector, having held significant roles at General Dynamics UK Limited, BAE Systems, and Alvis Vehicles. Notably, during tenure at General Dynamics UK Limited, Peter served as Deputy Chief Engineer and was the design authority for the Atlas and Apollo platforms, overseeing design acceptance and system performance validation. Prior to this, at BAE Systems, Peter acted as Engineering Manager and led the design authority for military platforms while managing trials and supplier governance. Additionally, Peter contributed as a Lead Project Engineer, focusing on the reliability of tracked engineering vehicles, and started as a Project Engineer at Alvis Vehicles, handling specifications and system trials. Peter holds a BSc in Computer Aided Design and Engineering from Birmingham City University and completed a course in Safety Systems at the University of York.
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General Dynamics UK Limited
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General Dynamics UK is one of the UK’s leading defence companies and an important supplier to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). We have more than 60 years’ experience delivering C4I communication solutions, Armoured Fighting Vehicle (AFV) capability and avionic systems. We also provide tactical communications systems to the UK Armed Forces. Bowman is our current communication system, and developing the next-generation tactical communication and information system, known as Evolve to Open (EvO). This will be used to plan, deploy, manage and monitor communications and information for the British Army. We have designed and developed AJAX, the future of Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFV), for the British Army, with 589 vehicles being delivered from our site in South Wales. In addition, we provide a range of avionic systems that are used on different types of military aircraft around the world.