General Dynamics' information technology business has established a new cyber facility at Port San Antonio in Texas in pursuit of regional expansion objectives. The facility will be used to develop advanced cyber as well as intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services in support of the U.S. Air Force's cyber division located at the Port campus and the nearby Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

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A General Dynamics subsidiary has received a $218 million initial task order from the U.S. Army for expanded production of 155mm M1128 load, assemble and pack requirements. The initial task order was awarded to General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems under a $974.4 million multi-award contract for the M1128 artillery.

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HII's Newport News Shipbuilding division collaborated with General Dynamics Electric Boat and advanced marine components manufacturer Ammcon to employ 3D printing in the production of parts for nuclear-powered submarines. GDEB and Ammcon helped NNS create a copper-nickel deck drain assembly that was later installed on the Virginia-class submarine Oklahoma.

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General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has placed a $10.6 million order for Austal USA to produce electronic deck modules as part of the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class nuclear submarine procurement effort. The order comes seven months after Electric Boat initially procured command-and-control system modules, Austal said Monday. GDEB is under contract to build Block V submarines […] More

General Dynamics' Electric Boat subsidiary has placed a $10.6 million order for Austal USA to produce electronic deck modules as part of the U.S. Navy's Virginia-class nuclear submarine procurement effort. Austal USA previously received an order for command-and-control system modules from Electric Boat. More

General Dynamics‘ information technology unit and Fornetix demonstrated zero trust security for mission data applications at the tactical edge through a series of U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored exercises. The two companies helped Army I Corps deploy a cybersecurity platform at the biennial Talisman Sabre military training activity in Australia to support the exchange of information between […] More

General Dynamics’ NASSCO subsidiary has begun building the sixth vessel for the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base program. Named after a Medal of Honor recipient and Korean War veteran, the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. will serve as a mobile sea base supporting multiple military operations, the Naval Sea Systems Command said Friday. “The ship […] More

Laura Schumacher, former chief legal officer and vice chairman of external affairs at drug firm AbbVie, was named independent lead director of General Dynamics‘ board. Schumacher, who has been on the board of directors of General Dynamics since 2014, will assume her new role immediately, the defense company said Tuesday. Her more than 33-year legal […] More

A General Services Administration report shows that Lockheed Martin, RTX and General Dynamics emerged as the top three vendors that secured the most federal contracting dollars in fiscal year 2022, The Hill reported Friday. Lockheed received $47.7 billion in FY 2022 government contracts, up 13 percent from $42.1 billion in the past fiscal year. Of […] More

General Dynamics‘ information technology business will provide the state of New Mexico with a new software tool to assist its Human Services Department in benefit management services over a potential eight-year period. Work is under a $39 million contract and focuses on helping modernize New Mexico HSD’s Medicaid Management Information System, GDIT said Tuesday. As […] More

General Dynamics‘ mission systems unit has secured a contract to design and develop a voice communication platform for the National Security Agency. The GDMS business intends to apply its experience in developing the Sectera vIPer Universal Secure Phone to help NSA implement new voice over internet protocol hardware capable of supporting mission cybersecurity requirements, the company […] More

General Dynamics‘ Electric Boat subsidiary has secured a $48.6 million contract modification to research, develop and transition enabling technologies for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarines. The award covers five additional option periods to the Next Generation Submarine Science and Technology Research contract awarded in October 2018 to provide technology options for the service’s Virginia […] More