Senior Leadership:

Mr. Otterson has worked in the aerospace and defense industries for more than thirty (30) years, to include eight (8) years as a pilot in the U.S. Navy. He has been CEO of several companies involved in the maintenance and modification of both commercial and military aircraft. Most recently, he was at Alliant Techsystems (ATK), where he had roles as VP, Operations & Supply Chain for the $1.5B Mission Systems Group and VP/GM of the Aerostructures Division in Iuka, MS. Mr. Otterson is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy where he earned a BS in Mathematics, and the University of Texas where he earned a MS in Finance.

President's Message

Dave Otterson is the President of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation Maintenance & Manufacturing LLC (UICMM), a member of the UIC family of companies. UIC is one of the nation’s top performing Alaska Native Corporations. UICMM, also known as Bowhead, is located in Huntsville, AL.

Bowhead is a diversified family of companies that provides services and products to Government and commercial markets and is certified by the Small Business Administration as a small disadvantaged business concern; is an 8(a) company and is ISO 9001-2001 compliant. Widely recognized for its technical, logistics and multiple service capabilities, manufacturing quality and outstanding management process, Bowhead has more than 250 employees and 25 locations nationwide. As an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001-2000 compliant, small disadvantaged business, Bowhead provides a full spectrum of logistics services to include maintenance support services, supply support services, training services, port/marine services, shoot house/improvised explosive devises support, food service support and transportation support services.

We are a highly qualified, experienced prime contractor with the proven and refined business management practices of a larger corporation and a record of effectively managing personnel, consistently meeting deliverable schedules, efficiently overseeing subcontractor performance and accurately controlling costs.

We are aggressively pursuing new markets, customers and opportunities across all companies and will continue to do so. Our focus is to support the Warfighter in whatever capacity we’re in and meet the performance standards expected of our military personnel.

Warm regards,

David Otterson
President, UIC Maintenance & Manufacturing


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