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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems Successfully Completes First AN/SSX-1 Production Contract

FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has delivered ten AN/SSX-1 systems for the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP). The AN/SSX-1 electronic warfare system supports a variety of missions including maritime interdiction operations against weapon, chemical and drug smuggling. These missions are accomplished by collecting precision electronic parametric data and correlating it to specific transmissions from ships and aircraft. Once installed, the system will be the SEWIP program’s first capability delivered to the U.S. Navy Fleet to aid in homeland defense.

“The AN/SSX-1 system provides an affordable, critical capability to the U.S. Navy maritime interdiction operations mission for homeland defense,” said Mark Weidman, program manager at General Dynamics. “This successful test and delivery was a result of close collaboration with our Navy partners to provide an effective solution and has resulted in additional orders for the product from the Navy and Coast Guard.”

The AN/SSX-1 system was awarded to General Dynamics as a contract modification to the Naval Sea Systems Command's systems integrator efforts for SEWIP and consisted of ten units incrementally delivered from March through June 2006. The production effort included integration and calibration of subsystems, acceptance testing and final product delivery. Total value of the program is $3.2 million.

SEWIP is a spiral-development upgrade and replacement program for the AN/SLQ-32 electronic warfare system aboard several classes of Navy combatant ships. This system has been the primary electronic warfare and anti-ship missile defense system since the early 1980s.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). Headquartered in Arlington, Va., it 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 81,900 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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August 30, 2006
Contact: Brenda Burdick
Tel: (413) 494-3851
Email: Brenda.Burdick@gd-ais.com