GM's Defense Unit Sees $25 Billion Market in Potential Military Contracts for Automaker
"That's an addressable market that we feel we have a right to win and pursue. And that's what we're doing," he told CNBC. "As we mature, as we grow, as we build out our operating model, as we have more wins, we will have the opportunity, I think, to continue to vector into other directions or adjacent markets. So that number is not going to get smaller." The company once built tanks for the military during WWII, but it has no plans to stretch that far from its core manufacturing, he said. Ryder, an aerospace and defense industry veteran, said the military needs electric powertrains and vehi...