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General Dynamics Chosen for $9 Billion Air Force Information Technology Contract

NETCENTS Contract Provides Network-Centric Information Technology Solutions

NEEDHAM, Mass. – The U.S. Air Force has awarded a General Dynamics Network Systems-led team a contract to provide information technology, networking and voice, video and data communications products and services in support of the Air Force's global information requirements. The indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract has a three-year base period and two, one-year options; the program has a maximum potential value of $9 billion. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

Under the Network-Centric Solutions, (NETCENTS) contract, General Dynamics and its partners will offer system integration solutions and services enabling the enhancement of Air Force data networks, telephony, security, and information technology. Additionally, nearly 80,000 commercial-off-the-shelf information technology (IT) products will be available.

“General Dynamics is an established systems integrator with proven management and engineering expertise,” said Mike Chandler, president of General Dynamics Network Systems. “Our team has over 84,000 highly-qualified cleared people and 63 technology labs bringing broad technology innovation and a global presence that can surge to meet the mission critical requirements of the Air Force and other government customers.”

The General Dynamics team has been the provider of critical Air Force communications around the globe, including voice switching system installations in Korea, Combat Information Transport System (CITS) upgrades in Turkey, infrastructure support in Bosnia and Iraq and more. For decades General Dynamics has installed Air Force voice and data communications infrastructure, and it is currently providing IT solutions to the Air Force under the CITS, Worldwide Integrated Digital Telecommunications Systems (WIDTS), Network Operations/Information Assurance (NOIA) and the Information Technology Services (ITS) programs.

NETCENTS was competitively awarded by the U.S Air Force Headquarters Standard Systems Group (HQ SSG) of the Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), located at Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex, in Montgomery, Alabama.

The General Dynamics NETCENTS Team
The General Dynamics NETCENTS team pos­sesses the skills necessary to deliver integrated Information Technology solutions and the management processes for total lifecycle support for war fighter systems. Teammates include: Accenture, Boeing, CACI, The Centech Group, GTSI, Harris, Raytheon, Sprint, and Unisys.

About General Dynamics
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 - Monday, September 13, 2004
Press Contact: (481) 455-2286