Cubic Defense Systems Names David Williams Director, U.K. Business Development.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo is available in a Smart News Release(TM) on Business Wire's Home Page at www.businesswire.com and at www.newstream.com SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 27, 2001 David Williams, a retired British Army brigadier, has been appointed director of U.K. Business Development for Cubic Defense Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CUB). Williams has served as a London-based defense consultant to Cubic since 1994 and played a key role in the company's successful proposal for the large Area Weapons Effects Simulator (AWES) project being developed for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. "David Williams has been instrumental to Cubic Defense Systems in capturing a number of important U.K. contracts," said Bruce Roberts, Cubic Defense Systems president. "His expertise and insights have been invaluable, and we are pleased that he has agreed to join our staff." A native of the former British colony of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, Williams attended the Royal Military Academy Royal Military Academy has been the name of two different institutions of the British Army. The original Royal Military Academy was at Woolwich in London and was established in 1741 to train engineering and artillery officers, whose skills were too complex to learn solely on Sandhurst as a Rhodesian cadet and served initially with infantry on operations in Central Africa as part of the Rhodesian Army. He transferred to the British Army's Royal Tank Regiment The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army. It was formerly known as the Tank Corps and the Royal Tank Corps. It is part of the Royal Armoured Corps and is made up of two operational regiments, the 1st Royal Tank Regiment in 1965, and while in the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment served in tanks in the United Kingdom, Germany and Libya. Williams commanded 2RTR RTR Ready To Run RTR Rundfunk & Telekom Regulierungs Gmbh RTR Rotor RTR Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha (Romansh Radio and Television, Switzerland) RTR Response Time Reporter RTR Ready To Race RTR Ready to Roll on operations and in the reconnaissance role in Northern Ireland and Germany. As a brigadier, he commanded the reconnaissance brigade in Germany. His staff appointments included serving in military operations in the U.K. Ministry of Defence and as the military assistant to the British Commander in Chief in Germany/Commander Northern Army Group and Chief of Staff 1st Armoured Division in Germany. Williams spent 1971 at Fort Knox, Ky., in an exchange program with the U.S. Army for the Armor Officers Advanced Course. He also had tours as a company commander and instructor at RMA (RealMedia Architecture) See RealMedia. Sandhurst and on the directing staff of the Royal Military College The Royal Military College can refer to:
He retired in 1988 and began a consulting business. His impressive client list included the UK MOD, Vickers, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Wegmann, Thomson CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Analysis Definition Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis is a laboratory test to examine a sample of the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. , Logica and Avimo. As a graduate of RMA Sandhurst, the Royal Military College of Science and the Army Staff College, Camberley Staff College, Camberley, Surrey, is a training college for the British Army. Origins In 1799 Colonel John Gaspard Le Marchant, 7th Hussars, submitted a proposal to the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army for a Royal Military College in three departments. , he has the British equivalent of a master of science degree. Cubic Defense Systems is part of Cubic's Defense Group, which produces instrumented air and ground combat training systems for both the U.S. and allied military forces. In addition, the Defense Group produces avionics, data links and communications systems, provides support for military simulations and battle command training, and provides product logistical support services. The corporation's other major segment, Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities worldwide. In the UK, Cubic is upgrading London Underground and bus fare collection systems as part of PRESTIGE. Note: A Photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.092701/bb12 |
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