General Dynamics to Develop New High-Speed Encryptor With $7.6 Million Award From the National Security Agency

General Dynamics to Develop New High-Speed Encryptor With $7.6 Million Award
From the National Security Agency
- Next generation encryption device secures data and speeds large information
files across government and military networks at an unprecedented 40 gigabits
per second -

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics C4
Systems has been awarded a $7.6 million contract to develop the new KG-530
SONET OC-768C in-line encryptor in support of an NSA initiative to secure and
distribute data, at a full 40 gigabits per second line rate, used for
government and military missions. The KG-530 will secure very large image,
data and video files, classified up to and including Top Secret, that travel
through U.S. military and government networks. Once in place on authorized
Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET), users will experience significantly less
network delay, or latency, common to securing large information files.

John Cole, vice president of Information Assurance for General Dynamics C4
Systems, commented, "With the KG-530, General Dynamics continues to deliver
the technologies and products that secure our nation's most sensitive
information as it moves through cyberspace."

General Dynamics C4 Systems has been providing information security
technology, products and systems to the U.S. government and military for more
than 40 years. With more than 230,000 encryption devices currently used
worldwide, General Dynamics information assurance products secure
communication and data classified up to and including Top Secret and are
compliant with the NSA's High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor
Interoperability Specification (HAIPE® IS) and networks including SONET, ATM
and Ethernet.

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD),
is a leading integrator of secure communication and information systems and
technology. www.gdc4s.com

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately
92,300 people worldwide. 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 on the Internet at www.gd.com.

HAIPE is a registered trademark of the National Security Agency.

SOURCE General Dynamics C4 Systems

Fran Jacques of General Dynamics C4 Systems, +1-480-441-2885, Cell:
+1-480-586-1886, Fran.Jacques@gdc4s.com