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General Dynamics selected by AT&T Government Solutions to Support the Communications Upgrade for the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.

NEEDHAM, Mass. - General Dynamics Network Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been chosen by AT&T Government Solutions as a teammate to upgrade the communications infrastructure at the U.S. Army’s National Training Center (NTC) in Ft. Irwin, Calif.

The AT&T Government Solutions team, supported by General Dynamics, will enhance the National Training Center’s communications networks, making it possible to create a realistic network-centric battlefield environment. Lockheed Martin Simulation, Training & Support (LM STS) is the Lead Systems Integrator for the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. Lockheed Martin has overall responsibility for upgrading and modernizing the NTC live training capability under the Combat Training Center Objective Instrumentation System (CTC-OIS) program.

The AT&T Government Solutions team, as a subcontractor to LM STS, is responsible for the communications infrastructure for the program. The total contract value for this program is potentially $60 million if all options are exercised.

The NTC, a vast desert training area about the size of Rhode Island, provides tough, realistic, combined arms and joint services training for up to brigade level engagements in a mid- to high- intensity environment.

“General Dynamics has worked in partnership with the Army for more than 40 years and we are ready to provide the information technology services necessary at the Army’s National Training Center. We look forward to partnering with AT&T and providing these sophisticated services,” said Mike Chandler, president of General Dynamics Network Systems.

General Dynamics will provide network architecture design, to include local area, campus area and metropolitan/wide area networks; as well as complex information-technology services, including technology insertion, information assurance, instruction and training. In addition, General Dynamics will provide essential inside and outside plant capabilities to ensure the successful deployment of the newly designed networks.

In the initial phase of the project, General Dynamics will perform a study to evaluate the existing communications capability and infrastructure at the NTC. The study will identify potential reuse of existing systems, including the fiber-optic network. General Dynamics will determine the future of the fiber-optic expansion and ultimately will specify, develop, procure, test, field and support integration of the communications system at the NTC.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 69,400 people worldwide and anticipates 2004 revenue of $19 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; 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, August 12, 2004
Press Contact: (781) 455-2286