GD's Flynn To Retire

General Dynamics said today that Larry Flynn, president of Gulfstream Aerospace, will retire on June 30 for health reasons. Mark Burns, president of product support for Gulfstream, has been named the new president.

Burns took over the product support group in 2008. He joined Gulfstream in 1983 and has also served as vice president of customer support and vice president of completions engineering.

Additionally, Joseph Lombardo, who heads the contractor's aerospace group, is retiring at the end of the June, General Dynamics said. The aerospace group's companies will report directly to Phebe Novakovic, GD's chief executive.