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Greek Government to Buy General Dynamics Combat Search and Rescue Radios

Purchase Includes 650 AN/PRC-112GÔ radios, Option for 300 More

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has contracted with Athens, Greece-based TEOTEC S.A. to provide 650 AN/PRC-112G HOOK2TM combat search and rescue (CSAR) radios to the Greek Main Armaments Directorate – General Directorate of Defence Investments for the Hellenic Air Force. The contract includes an option to purchase 300 additional radios.

This latest CSAR radio provides encrypted two-way messaging and GPS-location capabilities to ensure quick, secure location and rescue of downed aircrews and other forces. More than 12,000 of the AN/PRC-112 HOOK2 radios have been delivered to U.S. customers including the Air Force, Army, Navy and Special Forces, plus $12 million worth of radios to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. Overall, more than 27,000 CSAR radios have been manufactured and fielded by General Dynamics.

“CSAR radio users are recognizing the benefits of a system that allows them to securely interoperate with friendly rescue forces worldwide,” said Chris Brady, director of Assured Communications Systems at General Dynamics C4 Systems.

General Dynamics’ CSAR system provides direct line-of-sight and over-the-horizon communications between downed personnel and their rescuers, broad communications functionality with manned or unmanned aircraft, and communication with commercial and national search and rescue satellite systems. The latest generation of the company’s CSAR radios is interoperable with earlier General Dynamics survival radios as well as with equipment common to other NATO partners.

TEOTEC S.A. was established in 2001 and is a member of the Theocarakis Group. The company focuses in the areas of modern telecommunication systems as well as applications of new technologies, aiming at a successful participation in the hi-tech projects in Greece.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, headquartered in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a leading integrator of secure communication and information systems and technology. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, the company specializes in command and control, communications networking, computing and information assurance for defense, government and select commercial customers in the U.S. and abroad.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 67,600 people worldwide and had 2003 revenues of $16.6 billion. The company has leading market positions in mission-critical information systems and technologies, land and amphibious combat systems, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.

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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Press Contact: (480) 441-2885