General Dynamics Awarded Contract for Stryker Production

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army TACOM
Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $647
million contract for 352 Stryker vehicles.

Work will be performed in Anniston, Ala.; Sterling Heights, Mich.; Lima, Ohio;
and London, Ontario, Canada. Vehicle deliveries will begin in July 2010.

This award continues vehicle production under the Stryker program, which was
initially awarded to a General Dynamics team in 2000. To date, General
Dynamics has delivered 2,988 vehicles and trained 18,438 soldiers in their
operation.

The U.S. Army has seven Stryker Brigade Combat Teams, three of which are
deployed in combat zones: two in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

Stryker Brigade Combat Teams have operated with "historically high" mission
availability rates in Iraq since October 2003, demonstrating the value of a
force that can move rapidly as a cohesive and networked combined-arms combat
team. Stryker vehicles have logged a total of more than 24 million miles
during twelve rotations at an average sustainment cost of $14 per mile.

Stryker is a family of eight-wheel drive combat vehicles that can travel at
speeds in excess of 60 mph on highways, with a range of 312 miles. It is the
Army's highest-priority production combat vehicle program and the centerpiece
of the ongoing Army Transformation. Stryker operates with the latest C4ISR
equipment and an integrated armor package protecting soldiers against
improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, and a variety of
infantry weapons.

General Dynamics Land Systems, headquartered in Sterling Heights, Mich., is a
subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD). The company designs,
builds and supports a full spectrum of land and amphibious combat and tactical
systems for U.S. and international customers. The business employs
approximately 10,000 employees worldwide and is the defense industry's largest
supplier of armored military vehicles. More information can be found at
www.gdls.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 the company is available online at www.gd.com.

SOURCE General Dynamics Land Systems

Robin L. Porter of General Dynamics Land Systems, +1-586-825-7141, Cell,
+1-586-219-2274, porterr@gdls.com