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General Dynamics Awarded $11 Million Seaport-e Order to Support the Naval Postgraduate School

FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a U.S. Navy Seaport-e task order to provide technical and functional support for the Office of Continuous Learning (OCL) at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, Calif. The task order has a total potential value of $10.8 million over five years if all options are exercised.

Under the award, General Dynamics will provide a wide range of information technology, managerial, production and general administrative services to support the Naval Postgraduate School’s Distributed Learning Initiative. General Dynamics has supported OCL through similar contracts for seven years. In addition, the company will provide guidance and training on current educational technologies, assist in the design and production of instructional materials, provide Instructional Systems Design (ISD) supervision and project management, and assist NPS personnel in the design and execution of faculty development events that promote the benefits of distributed learning and best practices.

“The Naval Postgraduate School’s Distributed Learning Initiative ensures that members of the U.S. armed forces, civilian employees and officers from other countries have access to vital educational resources regardless of their deployment,” said Ken Slaght, vice president and general manager of Navy/Air Force Systems Maritime Systems for General Dynamics Information Technology. “General Dynamics is pleased to continue our support of distributed learning at the Naval Postgraduate School.”

The Office of Continuous Learning (OCL) is chartered to develop, coordinate and deliver focused, relevant, quality learning opportunities to those Naval and defense customers who are not able to attend NPS on a full-time residential basis. Methods to deliver graduate level courses include: visiting NPS faculty (MET), video tele-education (VTE) systems, streaming video and web-based education.

About General Dynamics Information Technology

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology 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, Virginia, employs approximately 82,600 people worldwide and had 2006 revenues of $24.1 billion. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.

June 7, 2007
Contact: Mark Meudt
Tel: (703) 246-0525
Email: Mark.Meudt@gdit.com