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General Dynamics to Support NAVAIR Program Offices

Combined total contract value is $90 million over five years if all options are exercised

October 26, 2006
Contact: Mark Meudt
Tel: (703) 246-0525
Email: Mark.meudt@gdit.com

Fairfax, Va. – The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has selected General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to provide acquisition logistics support to the F/A-18 Program Director for Logistics, the H-53 Assistant Program Manager for Logistics and H-60 Assistant Program Manager of Logistics. The total value of these three contracts if all options are exercised is approximately $90 million over five years.

These awards continue the acquisition logistics support that General Dynamics has been providing for the past six years under the AIR 3.1 Omnibus Logistics Contract. General Dynamics employees will perform this work at NAVAIR locations in Huntsville, Ala.; Lemoore and North Island, Calif.; Panama City, Fla.; Patuxent River, Md.; Cherry Point, N.C.; Philadelphia; and Norfolk, Va.

“These contracts speak to the success of General Dynamics as the primary logistics support contractor for the Navy’s largest aviation program,” said Al Whitmore, senior vice president for Navy/Air Force Systems, General Dynamics Information Technology. “These contracts, which were finalized this summer, confirm the strength of our partnership and validate our success in providing logistics support to NAVAIR during the past six years.”

NAVAIR provides total life cycle support of all naval aviation weapon systems including research, design, test and evaluation, training facilities, equipment and logistics support.

About General Dynamics Information Technology
As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology, a combination of the former Anteon and General Dynamics Network Systems, is a premier systems integrator that provides information technology (IT), systems engineering and professional services to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civil, international and commercial sectors. With 16,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT services and enterprise solutions that enable customers to achieve their expanding mission requirements and accomplish business objectives on-time and on-budget. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 81,100 people worldwide and expects 2006 revenue of approximately $24 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 is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.

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