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General Dynamics Awarded Test Vehicle Contract for Four Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles

LONDON, Ontario, Canada – U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command (MCSC) has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract and an initial delivery order for the testing, production and support of four Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles. The MRAP vehicles will provide improved protection for troops from mines, improvised explosive devices and other threats. A possible follow-on production contract could call for the delivery of up to 4100 vehicles.

Under this contract, General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada will provide the program management and logistic support while BAE Systems Ground Systems Division, in conjunction with BAE Systems Land Systems OMC, will manufacture the vehicles in York, Pennsylvania. General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada is providing vehicles for both Category I and Category II requirements of the MRAP program under this contract.

The General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada MRAP vehicle is based on the RG-31 Mk5, the latest version of the highly successful RG-31 vehicle family. The Mk5 delivers a significant increase in power and payload while offering enhanced mine blast resistance, as well as protection against both improvised explosive devices and ballistic threats. In service with forces around the world, the RG-31 is a highly effective multi-role armored vehicle capable of a variety of military applications. U.S. forces have ordered or received 424 RG-31 vehicles, including 265 Mk5s for the U.S. Army and SOCOM.

General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada, located in London, Ontario, Canada, is a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems of Sterling Heights, Michigan. For 30 years, more than 1500 highly skilled technical employees have designed, manufactured and delivered to global customers a unique family of light armored vehicles (LAV). More information on the company is available at www.gdlscanada.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 81,000 people worldwide and had 2006 revenues of $24.1 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.

January 31, 2007
Contact: Ken Yamashita
Tel: (519) 964-5813
Email:yamashik@gdls.com