• Military Menu                       

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Industry
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• WMD
• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

General Dynamics Awarded $10 Million Contract for Telecommunications Support

NEEDHAM, Mass. – General Dynamics Network Systems has been awarded a $10 million contract for the base communications operations and maintenance at the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Weapons Division in China Lake, Calif. The multi-year contract is valued at $4 million for the first two years and provides for three, one-year options at $2 million per year. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit in the General Dynamics Information Systems and Technology group.

General Dynamics will provide a wide range of experienced technical and administrative support to the NAVAIR China Lake telecommunication system, including program management; switch maintenance; cable plant maintenance; return and repair services and reconfiguration management. The contract can also support customer needs for switch expansion, software upgrades, and technical training.

This competitive delivery order was awarded under the Department of the Navy's Voice, Video, and Data (ViViD) contract, an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity contract used by the Navy and other Department of Defense agencies for procuring IT products and services needed to modernize base and shipboard telecommunications infrastructures.

“This award exemplifies General Dynamics Network Systems’ leadership in providing services and support for switching systems to the DoD,” said Dan Allen, a vice president of General Dynamics Network Systems. “NAVAIR China Lake is one of 200 worldwide DoD locations where we’ve demonstrated our ability to manage enterprise-wide operations and maintenance services.”

NAVAIR China Lake, www.nawcwd.navy.mil, is one of eight Naval Air Systems Command sites that provide deployment of new weapon systems through a combination of its collocated laboratories, ranges, and the Navy’s Air Test and Evaluation Squadrons (VX-31 and VX-9). The site also supports fleet training and tactics development.

General Dynamics Network Systems, headquartered in Needham, Mass., 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 (NYSE: GD), headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 57,000 people worldwide and had 2002 revenues of $13.8 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.

# # #

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 24, 2003
Press Contact: (781) 455-5371