Army Awards First Contract in $6 Billion WIN-T Program
General Dynamics-led Team Awarded $72 Million Development Contract
TAUNTON, Mass. – General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded one of two development contracts for the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T). The two-phase development contract has a value of up to $72 million. WIN-T is the Army’s next-generation warfighting communications system. This is the first contract in a program estimated to be worth $6 billion.
Under Phase I of this development contract, the General Dynamics team will define and document the optimal WIN-T architecture. In Phase II, the team will develop and deliver a demonstration suite of hardware and software for government testing.
WIN-T will be the integrating high-speed, high-capacity communications network for the Objective Force – the Army’s transformational vision for a fighting force that is more responsive, agile, versatile, deployable, lethal and survivable. It will move information to support commanders, staffs, functional units and formations, enhancing the ability of the theater Commander in Chief to perform multiple missions simultaneously. WIN-T will establish standards and protocols for all Objective Force applications and network hosts.
By exploiting state-of-the-art communications, terrestrial and airborne assets, space-based resources, computing systems and capabilities, WIN-T will provide the Army with technical advantages to meet the battlefield Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) challenges of the 21st century.
“We commend the Army for moving ahead now to implement its network-centric tactical communications system for the 21st century. The WIN-T system of systems will help ensure the success of the Army’s transformation to the Objective Force,” said Jerry DeMuro, president, General Dynamics C4 Systems. “General Dynamics is eager to open this new chapter in its continued partnership with the U.S. Army.”
The General Dynamics C4 Systems-led team includes: General Dynamics Decision Systems, Scottsdale, Ariz.; General Dynamics Land Systems, Sterling Heights, Mich.; BAE Systems, Wayne, N.J.; BBN Technologies, Cambridge, Mass.; DynCorp, Chantilly, Va.; Laguna Industries, Laguna, N.M.; Log.Sec Corporation, Warrenton, Va.; Microanalysis & Design, Boulder, Colo.; Northrop Grumman Information Technology – Defense Mission Systems, Herndon, Va.; Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; RTI International, Research Triangle Park, N.C.; Solers, Arlington, Va.; SRC, Atlanta; Veridian, Fairfax, Va.; and Xetron, Cincinnati.
General Dynamics C4 Systems provides secure command, control, computing, communication and information solutions that integrate custom-developed and commercial off-the-shelf products for the military and commercial markets. It designs, integrates, and supports strategic and tactical battlefield communication systems, worldwide. It has pioneered automated approaches to mission planning; battlespace management; targeting/fire support; mapping, charting and geodesy and simulation for its military and commercial customers. It also provides environmentally hardened and specially packaged computer equipment and peripherals for both customer segments.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 54,000 people worldwide and anticipates 2002 revenues of $14 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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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Friday, August 9, 2002
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