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General Dynamics Awarded $41M in Air Force Information Technology Services Tasks

NEEDHAM, Mass. – General Dynamics Network Systems has been awarded three task orders valued at $41 million over the next five years under the U.S. Air Force Information Technology Services contract. General Dynamics will provide continuous network operations and management support to the Air Force Network Operations Center and the Defense Message System Air Force Technical Support Center, Maxwell AFB, Gunter Annex, Montgomery, Ala.; and for Air Force Combat Ammunition System software development. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

At the Air Force Network Operations Center, General Dynamics will provide around-the-clock network operations and management support to the Air Force's primary network hub. The network operations center guides information-assurance efforts of local Air Force network operations centers and global classified and unclassified networks encompassing more than 140 sites. The center coordinates responses to network threats with Air Force computer emergency response teams and major command network operations and security centers.

At the Defense Message System Technical Support Center, General Dynamics will be the single point of contact for continuous assistance to more than 300 strategic and tactical Defense Message System (DMS) sites around the world. General Dynamics will work with the Defense Information Systems Agency network operations centers, Air Force major command network operations and security centers, and DMS.

Under the Combat Ammunition System order, General Dynamics will provide technical and functional support, including software analysis, design, development, testing and implementation, for a software upgrade to the Combat Ammunition System. This work builds on the successful design General Dynamics delivered under the Management Information Systems Technical Support (MISTS II) program, which modernized the network infrastructure and support systems at 20 Air Forces bases across the country.

General Dynamics Network Systems has been designing and building complex telecommunications networks for nearly 50 years. More than 4,000 skilled technical personnel provide design, integration, installation and support services for enterprise, wireless and space-based networks. More information about General Dynamics Network Systems is available at www.gd-ns.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 54,000 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, June 20, 2002
Press Contact: (781) 455-2286