Robert W. Helm — Senior Vice President of Planning & Development at General Dynamics Corporation

Mr. Robert W. Helm, also known as Bob, has been a Senior Vice President of Planning & Development at General Dynamics Corporation since May 3, 2010. Mr. Helm served as Corporate Vice President of Government Relations of Northrop Grumman Corporation. He served as a Member of Corporate policy Council of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Mr. Helm served as Corporate Vice President of Business Development & Government Relations at Northrop Grumman UK Limited. He served as Vice President, Business Development of Northrop Grumman Corporation until August 2008. He joined Northrop Grumman in 1989 as Corporate Vice President of legislative affairs from Honeywell Inc., where he served as Vice President, business development, Space and Aviation Systems Business. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Helm served as Assistant Secretary of defense (comptroller), serving as the Defense Department's Chief Financial Officer and the Principal contact with defense budget oversight committees in the Congress. He served as Senior Defense Analyst of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee and subsequently director of defense programs and national security telecommunications policy for the National Security Council. He serves as Director of Northrop Grumman UK Limited. Mr. Helm received a Bachelor's degree in political science in 1973 from the University of Wisconsin and a master's degree in Law and diplomacy in 1975 from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.