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General Dynamics Receives $35 Million in Orders on Common Hardware/Software Contracts

TAUNTON, Mass. – General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has received $23 million in modifications to its multiyear Common Hardware/Software II (CHS-2) contract for common hardware and software items for the Project Manager Army Tactical Operations Centers/Air and Missile Defense Command and Control Systems. The U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command is the contracting authority. The contract modifications raise the total value of the CHS-2 contract since award in 1995 to $944.9 million.

General Dynamics also has received a delivery order for $12.3 million worth of equipment on the Common Hardware/Software III (CHS-3) contract, awarded in June 2003. The U.S. Army’s Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) is the authority for CHS-3. In June 2003, General Dynamics C4 Systems won CHS-3, the successor program to CHS-2. Running through 2013, CHS-3 has a value ceiling of $2 billion.

Through the CHS programs, General Dynamics provides Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force tactical computer users with next-generation commercial and ruggedized workstations, plus associated hardware and software. The new orders include local area networks (LAN) in transit cases for Tactical Operations Centers (TOC); 251 V2 3U Rugged Xeon Servers (RXS) for Program Manager – Intel Fusion (PM IF); Compact PCI Server Platform; Vantage communications gateways; routers; and High Speed Forward Error Correction (HSFEC) adapter boxes. They also include 368 V2 Unix laptops and ancillary equipment for the U.S. Marine Corp and 84 of the same equipments for Program Manager – Intelligence and Effect (PM I&E).

As the prime contractor, General Dynamics provides a complete hardware suite and associated software for full integration into major Army command and control systems. In addition, the company provides program management and user support with extensive testing and integration. The CHS programs use COTS architectures as the foundation for ruggedizing tactical computing platforms in the Digitized Army. Military users get access to the same power and performance levels available to their commercial counterpart.

“The U.S. Army’s Common Hardware Software programs continue to provide the warfighter with smaller, lighter, and more capable solutions by leveraging industry’s best technologies,” said Mike DiBiase, managing director of commercial hardware systems for General Dynamics C4 Systems.

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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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 1, 2004
Press Contact: (508) 880-1636