General Dynamics Wins $102M Navy Contract for Base-Level Information Infrastructure Improvements
Worldwide Telecommunication Systems Unit to Modernize Navy Telecommunications Infrastructure at Bases Outside the United States
NEEDHAM, Mass. – General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems has been awarded a $102 million delivery order to upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure at U.S. Navy installations in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, in compliance with the architecture established for the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
Known as the NMCI OCONUS (Outside the Continental United States) program, the assignment includes the design, installation, integration and testing of internal and external telecommunications infrastructure to support all of the communications needs – voice, video and data – of land-based Navy personnel worldwide. The program will support more than 35,000 users.
The delivery order was competitively awarded by the Navy Space & Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego, Calif., under General Dynamics’ Voice, Video and Data (ViViD) contract.
Program implementation will mirror the Navy’s domestic NMCI program, as it relates to design, equipment vendors, interoperability and overall methodology, with the intention of moving toward seat-managed services.
"General Dynamics is a strong proponent of the Navy’s vision of a global enterprise network," said Dan Allen, a vice president and general manager for General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems. "By developing reliable and cost-effective network infrastructure for our clients, we take their mind off the network technologies and enable them to focus on their business – carrying out effective military operations."
General Dynamics is a leading network infrastructure provider to the Department of Defense. Among its current programs is the renovation of the telecommunications infrastructure at the Pentagon, where the company is completing the first of five wedges to meet the DoD’s current and future voice, video and data communications needs. General Dynamics also provides data network design and installation and voice-switching upgrades at Army and Air Force installations, base telecommunications upgrades for the Marine Corps and pier-side telecommunications infrastructure for the Navy.
General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems, headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts, has been delivering telecommunications solutions for more than 40 years, in all 50 states and more than 40 countries. With more than 3,400 employees, General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems is an industry-leading provider of integration, installation, management, operations and support services for wireline and wireless, terrestrial and spaced-based voice video and data networks.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 46,000 people and anticipates 2001 sales of approximately $11.5 billion. The company has leading market positions in business aviation, information systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and land and amphibious combat systems.
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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Thursday, May 17, 2001
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