General Dynamics Awarded $61 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Work
GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $60.9 million contract modification for nuclear-submarine work. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
Under the terms of the contract modification, Electric Boat will provide the necessary technical/ engineering, design, logistics, and program management support required to ensure the efficient design and installation of design and configuration changes. Initially awarded March 3, 2004, the contract could be worth more than $1.1 billion over five years if all options are exercised and funded.
Eighty two percent of the work will be performed at Groton; 9 percent at Kings Bay, Ga.; 4 percent at Bangor, Wash.; 4 percent at Newport, R.I.; and 1 percent at Quonset Point, R.I. Work performed under this modification is expected to be completed by February 2008.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 70,200 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 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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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Friday, February 11, 2005
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