Rear Adm. Ken Perry, USN Ret., vice president for product integration and concept development at General Dynamics Electric Boat, discusses Virginia-class submarine production, the status of the Columbia-class program and the Virginia Payload Module (VPM), the state of the company’s workforce, and the company’s vision for future involvement with unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was held on April 4, 2017, during the Navy League’s 2017 Sea-Air-Space Exposition in National Harbor, Maryland.
