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General Dynamics Awarded Additional $16 Million For Overseas Navy Marine Corps Intranet Contract

NEEDHAM, Mass. – General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems has been awarded an additional $16 million in options to the $102 million overseas Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) program, also known as the Base Level Information Infrastructure Outside the Continental United States (BLII OCONUS). This brings the total value of the assignment to $118 million. General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

First announced in May, the overseas NMCI is expected to be completed by October 2003. General Dynamics will upgrade the telecommunications infrastructure at Navy installations in Europe, the Far East and the Middle East, using an architecture that is compliant with the domestic Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI).

This latest option will enhance the network management capabilities of the telecommunications infrastructures in the Middle East and locations in the Far East. With this option, General Dynamics will implement server farms in all regions, and provide network and element management for Bahrain and the Far East, as well as enterprise management for the Far East.

"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. "The Navy’s ability to exercise these options will enhance the overall capabilities of the Enterprise and provide interoperability with NMCI CONUS systems."

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 telecom infrastructure for the Navy.

General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems, headquartered in Needham, Mass., has been delivering telecommunications solutions for more than 40 years, in all 50 states and more than 40 countries. With over 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. More information about General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems is available at www.gd-wts.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 47,000 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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Any "forward-looking statements" contained in this press release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Thursday, June 21, 2001
Press Contact: (781) 455-2286