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General Dynamics Awarded Contract for $13.4 Million by U.S. Marine Corps

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics Decision Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a five-year contract to build ground-combat operations centers for the U.S. Marine Corps. The initial development phase is valued at $13.4 million.

The General Dynamics team will integrate computerized intelligence, information and communication systems into combat operations centers that provide enhanced situational awareness for deployed Marine forces. The mobile operations centers will be the focal point of decision-making during all phases of ground warfare, allowing Marine forces to digitally collect, process and disseminate tactical data. Called the Unit Operations Center (UOC) program, the contract will be administered by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va.

Mark Fried, president of General Dynamics Decision Systems, said, "We are confident that our team’s core competencies in large-scale integration of mobile, tactical information and communication systems will enable us to meet the Marine Corps’ expectations for an operations center program that delivers advanced situational awareness."

Ground commanders at all echelons will benefit from General Dynamics’ aggressive efforts to incorporate operational flexibility for quick, safe deployment. The program will use an open-systems design that will readily accommodate future technology advancements beneficial to joint military operations.

General Dynamics Decision Systems’ teammates on the program include General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Arlington, Va.; General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, Mass.; Brown International Corporation, Huntsville, Ala.; and Ocean Systems Engineering Corporation (OSEC), Oceanside, Calif.

Work under the contract will be done at General Dynamics Decision Systems in Scottsdale; Arizona; at the U.S. Marine Corps base in Quantico, Va.; and in Stafford, Va., and Huntsville, Ala.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 52,000 people worldwide and had 2001 revenues of $12 billion. The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.

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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, April 25, 2002
Press Contact: (480) 441-2885