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General Dynamics Awarded $9.6 Million for Technology Management System Services

Support and Implementation of Space Mission Information Management Processes

LOS ANGELES – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a $9.6 million contract for implementation and support of a Livelink Knowledge Management System, an intranet solution for collaborative knowledge management, at the Space and Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. Support includes around-the-clock availability with a 99.9 percent uptime, staffing a Livelink helpdesk and training 6,000 users; implementation includes engineering services to develop and execute business processes to address information management for the organization.

“General Dynamics will provide the Space and Missile Systems Center with the ability to install a secure intranet solution for collaborative knowledge management. The General Dynamics solution improves the Center’s ability to manage and share information, which is critical to the space and missile missions it provides to the joint warfighter and our nation,” said Steve Eng, program manager at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.

Work will be performed in Los Angeles and is expected to be completed by 2011. Livelink Knowledge Management System is a product of Open Text™.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, headquartered in Arlington, Va., is a leading provider of transformational mission solutions in command, control, communications, and computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Customers include those in the defense, intelligence, homeland security and homeland defense communities. More information is available on the Internet at www.gd-ais.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 72,200 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 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. More information about the company can be found at www.generaldynamics.com.

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May 1, 2006
Contact: Jessica Pantages
Tel: (703) 271-7316
Email: Jessica.Pantages@gd-ais.com