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General Dynamics Leads Team Competing for Coast Guard Systems Integration Project

U.S. Coast Guard Targets Search and Rescue with Expansive Modernization Effort

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The U.S. Coast Guard wants to greatly enhance distress communications coverage, create a better means to identify distress caller position and increase tracking to 20 nautical miles off the U.S. coastline. General Dynamics Decision Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it is leading a team to compete for the full-scale development, production, deployment and support of the modernization project.

The National Distress and Response System Modernization Project (NDRSMP) is expected to increase coverage in all U.S. coastal and Great Lakes regions and greatly improve both the safety of seafarers and the effectiveness of Coast Guard search and rescue efforts. It also will provide a means to bridge existing gaps in communication between Coast Guard facilities, and deliver reliable two-way voice and data communications among Coast Guard groups, aircraft and vessels, as well as between the Coast Guard, other government agencies and the maritime public.

“We want to help the Coast Guard save lives by taking the search out of ‘search and rescue,’” said Mark Fried, president of General Dynamics Decision Systems. “By bringing 21st century communications and information technology to significantly improve situational awareness, we can equip the Coast Guard with the necessary tools to address maritime safety and other critical security and safety concerns.”

In recent months the Coast Guard has shifted its mission emphasis, resulting in a substantial increase in patrol and security missions. Under President Bush’s proposed government realignment, the U.S. Coast Guard would fall under the newly created Department of Homeland Security.

Joining the General Dynamics team are other industry leaders with relevant Coast Guard program experience. They include Motorola, Inc., a premier provider of radio products to the Coast Guard, headquartered in Schaumburg, Ill.; CACI International Inc., of Arlington, Va., a leader in network development and deployment; and Fuentez Systems Concepts, Inc. of Charleston, S.C., the 2000 recipient of the Commandant’s Minority Business Enterprise Award for exceptional service to the Coast Guard. Other team members include BAE SYSTEMS, Integrated Defense Solutions, Inc. of Austin, Texas; Communication Services, Inc. (CSI) of Mesa, Ariz.; L&E Associates of Oxon Hill, Md.; and American Nucleonics of Westlake Village, Calif.

The Coast Guard expects to award the NDRS Phase II contract in September 2002.

General Dynamics Decision Systems, based in Scottsdale, Ariz., is a leader in technologies, products and systems for communications, situational awareness and information assurance for defense and industrial customers in the U.S. and abroad. More information about the business unit can be found at www.gd-decisionsystems.com. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 54,000 people worldwide and had 2001 revenues of $12 billion. The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat systems, mission-critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation.

American Nucleonics is a division of EDO Corporation, a New York Stock Exchange listed company. EDO Corporation supplies highly engineered product for governments and industry worldwide, including advanced electronic, electromechanical, and information systems, critical to the mission success of its customers.

BAE SYSTEMS is a systems company, innovating for a safer world. BAE SYSTEMS employs nearly 100,000 people including Joint Ventures, and has annual sales of around $18 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics, communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. BAE SYSTEMS is dedicated to making the intelligent connections needed to deliver innovative solutions.

CACI International Inc provides the IT and network solutions needed to prevail in today's new era of defense, intelligence, and e-government. From systems integration and managed network solutions to knowledge management, engineering, simulation, and information assurance, CACI delivers the IT applications and infrastructures federal customers use to improve communications and collaboration, secure the integrity of information systems and networks, enhance data collection and analysis, and increase efficiency and mission effectiveness. CACI solutions lead the transformation of defense and intelligence, assure homeland security, enhance decision-making, and help government to work smarter, faster, and more responsively. CACI, a member of the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices, provides dynamic careers for more than 5,500 employees working in 90 offices in the U.S. and Europe. CACI is the IT provider for a networked world. Visit CACI on the web at www.caci.com.

Communication Services, Inc., (CSI), based in Mesa, Ariz., is a leader in providing turnkey engineering and construction services for the selection, design and deployment of wireless towers. CSI’s dedicated staff provides RF engineering, site acquisition, zoning and permitting, environmental, geotechnical and structural, survey and A&E, as well as construction services and management for cellular, private radio and related wireless customers. In addition to the Mesa headquarters, CSI has facilities in Portland, Ore.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; Dallas, Texas; and Houston, Texas.

Fuentez Systems Concepts, Inc. (FSC), a leading provider of high technology systems engineering, systems integration and technical services, has supported the U.S. Coast Guard since 1996 and continues to be the leading provider of IT services at the Operations Systems Center (OSC) in Martinsburg, W. Va., and is also a prime integrator of the U.S. Navy’s Global Command and Control System.

L&E Associates, an information technology (IT), security assurance and facilities management corporation, is a minority-owned Small and Disadvantaged Business Concern, based in Oxon Hill, Md., with offices in Virginia Beach, Va. and Rome, N.Y. L&E has been providing O&M support services for the U.S. Coast Guard for more than five years.

Motorola is a leading provider of integrated communications and information solutions, with 65 years of experience in meeting the mission-critical requirements of public safety, public service, government and enterprise customers worldwide. The company's extensive safety and security portfolio includes: interoperable two-way radio communications solutions with encrypted security capabilities; command and control equipment and software applications, including computer-aided dispatch, 911 and 311 systems, and automated records management systems; identification and tracking solutions, including palm/fingerprint and photo-imaging systems, as well as comprehensive information management capabilities for criminal justice and civil needs; and physical security and monitoring solutions, including remote monitoring and diagnostics. Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a global leader in providing integrated communications and embedded electronic solutions. Sales in 2001 were $30 billion.

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General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Friday, April 12, 2002
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