General Dynamics Awarded $110 Million by U.S. Army for Technology Classroom Modernization Programs

General Dynamics Awarded $110 Million by U.S. Army for Technology Classroom
Modernization Programs

FAIRFAX, Va., Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information
Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a
$110.3 million contract to modernize classroom training technology by the U.S.
Army Headquarters Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC). This is a one-year
task order awarded under the Information Technology Enterprise Technology
Solutions -2 Services (ITES-2S) contract.

The program will deliver a digital platform for schoolhouse instructors to
conduct training and communicate from the schoolhouse to remote training
facilities and Reserve components. Through the contract, General Dynamics will
provide surveying, engineering, design, systems integration, procurement,
staging, installation, testing, training, sustainment and technical assistance
support to TRADOC and its classroom sites across the country for the
Technology Classroom Modernization Program.

"General Dynamics will utilize its systems-integration expertise to execute
this project well and on time, providing services to aid the U.S. Army's
Training and Doctrine Command's modernization efforts," said Zannie Smith,
senior vice president at General Dynamics Information Technology. "The need
for continuing education has become more and more important to meet mission
requirements and readiness."

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics
Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems
engineering , professional services and simulation and training to customers
in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government
and commercial sectors. With approximately 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
92,000 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 General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.

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Mark Meudt of General Dynamics Information Technology, +1-703-246-0525, or
fax, +1-703-246-0206, Mark.Meudt@gdit.com