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General Dynamics Awarded Five-Year U.S. Air Force Air Logistics Center Contract

December 20, 2006
Contact: Mark Meudt
Tel: (703) 246-0525
Email: Mark.Meudt@gdit.com

FAIRFAX, Va. – The U.S. Air Force Ogden Air Logistics Center has awarded General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a prime contract under the Design Engineering Support Program II (DESP II). The total potential value of this multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract to all awardees, if all options are exercised, is $1.9 billion over the five-year period of performance. There is no initial contract value.

Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide design and engineering technical support services for Department of Defense (DOD) mission weapon systems, components and support equipment. This support includes complete process analysis and improvements for DOD systems maintenance operations.

“With the award of the DESP II ID/IQ contract vehicle, General Dynamics will be able to provide highly efficient logistics and cost-effective maintenance and repair operations for a wide range of DOD weapons systems, spanning a broad array of customers, including the air logistics commands, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Army and Navy logistics centers, NASA and additional DOD organizations,” said Al Whitmore, General Dynamics Information Technology senior vice president Navy/Air Force Systems.

General Dynamics also will perform engineering design, integration, systems modifications and manufacturing activities to support process analysis and improvements for maintenance/repair operations for DoD systems including the Air Force (AFMC), the Army Tank and Automotive Command (TACOM), the U.S. Navy, Marines and all other government entities having similar systems operational, maintenance, repair and modification needs.

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, 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. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 81,100 people worldwide, and expects 2006 revenues 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 can be found online at www.generaldynamics.com.