U.S. Air Force Awards $36 Million NETCENTS Order to General Dynamics
NEEDHAM, Mass. – The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Dynamics Network Systems a task order valued at $36 million to provide life-cycle support and sustainment services to Air Force voice, video and data networks and equipment. The Combat Information Transport System Life Cycle Support Services (CLCS) order was issued under the U.S. Air Force’s Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract. General Dynamics Network Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
Under the CLCS order, General Dynamics will provide centrally managed life-cycle logistic support (sustainment) for all elements of the Combat Information Transport System (CITS). Over a three-year period, General Dynamics will provide worldwide technical assistance for voice, video and data networks and equipment, emergency engineering and dispatch, emergency technical assistance, remote monitoring, return and repair, and software updates and patches.
“For more than 40 years, we have been helping the Air Force achieve information superiority by providing innovative voice, video and data solutions,” said Al Whitmore, the General Dynamics vice president responsible for Air Force NETCENTS programs. “We are proud to continue to support the Air Force's transformational goals of empowering the warfighter through network-centric information technology solutions.”
NETCENTS is a five-year, $9 billion acquisition initiative to provide the Air Force, Department of Defense, and other federal agencies with the complete range of information technology, networking, telephony, and security services, solutions and products. General Dynamics was one of eight companies awarded prime contracts under the indefinite quantity/indefinite delivery (ID/IQ) initiative.
The CLCS order was awarded by Hill Air Force Base. The work will be performed at the General Dynamics Network Operations Center in Fairview Heights, Ill.
General Dynamics is a 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. General Dynamics delivers base level network infrastructure to the Air Force under the CITS program. 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.
About General Dynamics Network Systems
General Dynamics Network Systems is a world-class IT architect and systems integrator of converged voice, video and data networks that are secure, scalable, survivable and interoperable. Our 6,000 dedicated professionals design, build, integrate, and operate enterprise and wireless networks for government and commercial customers worldwide. More information can be found at www.gd-ns.com.
About General Dynamics
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., 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 - Thursday, March 31, 2005
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