Bath Iron Works Awarded $33 million Contract for Lead Yard Services on the DDG 51...

Bath Iron Works Awarded $33 million Contract for Lead Yard Services on the DDG
51 class Aegis Destroyer Program

BATH, Maine, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron
Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $33.1 million contract
to provide ongoing Lead Yard Services for the DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class Aegis
Destroyer Program. This option modifies a contract initially awarded in
November 2005.

Bath Iron Works (BIW) has provided program management, engineering and design
support for DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class ships under the Lead Yard Services
program since 1987, supplying technical assistance in the interpretation and
application of the detailed design developed by BIW, the lead shipyard for the
class. This award includes work associated with DDG 51 restart and upgrades
associated with Aegis combat systems.

Bath Iron Works, a leader in surface combatant design and construction,
employs approximately 5,400 people. Since 1991, BIW has manufactured and
delivered 31 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, the most technologically advanced
surface combatant in the world, to the U.S. Navy. Three additional ships are
currently under construction for delivery by 2011.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately
92,900 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.

SOURCE General Dynamics Bath Iron Works

Jim DeMartini of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, +1-207-442-1695, Fax,
+1-207-442-1009, jim.demartini@gdbiw.com