General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has hosted a keel laying ceremony in Quonset Point, Rhode Island, to formally start the construction of the U.S. Navy’s first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine. The keel plate of the USS District of Columbia, designated as SSBN 826, bore the initials of  Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the sponsor of the […] More

A subsidiary of General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has provided the U.S. Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command with new navigation systems featuring Military GPS User Equipment receiver cards. GPS Source delivered assured positioning navigation and timing or APNT systems to DEVCOM’s Aviation and Missile Center and the Army’s program executive office for missiles and space, […] More

General Dynamics‘ information technology business will help the Department of Veterans Affairs adopt a zero trust architecture to secure IT systems under a potential $45 million contract. The company said Monday it will modernize an enterprise architecture for the VA to comply with government cybersecurity standards and protect health care data of former military personnel […] More

The U.S. Navy has accepted delivery of the future USS Oregon, a new Virginia-Class attack submarine built through a partnership between Huntington Ingalls Industries and General Dynamics‘ electric boat business. Virginia-class submarines are designed to support anti-submarine, anti-surface ship, strike, irregular and mine warfare operations, Naval Sea Systems Command said Monday. The vessels are also […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 22, 2022 — General Dynamics‘ mission systems business was awarded a position on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an initial value of $229 million that provides for the design and development of the Next Generation Load Device-Medium, a cryptographic key loader for military personnel, GovCon Wire reported. “Our device will be designed […] More

General Dynamics‘ land systems business has tapped General Motors‘ defense subsidiary to support its bid to develop the new military automobiles that will replace the U.S. Army’s Bradley combat vehicles. GM Defense said Wednesday it will work with AeroVironment, Applied Intuition and General Dynamics’ mission systems business as core members of the GD Land Systems […] More

Executive Mosaic has recognized Phebe Novakovic, chairman and CEO of General Dynamics, as an inductee into the 2022 edition of the Wash100 Award for her defense industrial base vision. Visit GovCon Wire to read her full profile. To date, Novakovic has won eight Wash100 awards in the nine-year history of Executive Mosaic’s annual selection of […] More

Cisco has invested in General Dynamics Information Technology‘s 5G technology research and development platform as part of a partnership agreement centered around advancing wireless connectivity tools and services. GDIT said Wednesday its 5G Emerge Lab will have access to equipment and support from the San Jose, California-based networking company to help the IT business create […] More

General Dynamics‘ missions systems business has secured a $75 million contract from the U.S. Army to support the technology that provides the service branch with mobile tactical communications network capabilities. The contractor will work on the Army Tactical Network Transport On-the-Move systems and equipment until Jan. 22, 2023, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The […] More

A subsidiary of General Dynamics‘ mission systems business has received a new U.S. Army order for its mobile system designed to transmit validated positioning, navigation and timing data in GPS-denied environments. The upcoming Mounted Assured PNT System Generation 1 will be the 2,000th unit the Army commissioned from General Dynamics Mission Systems’ GPS Source since […] More

General Dynamics‘ information technology business has opened a geospatial intelligence innovation-focused facility in St. Louis, Missouri, a region that serves as a strategic hub for geoint organizations. The new flagship facility, located at the Cortex innovation district, will feature General Dynamics’ Deepsky collaborative environment where geoint teams can prototype technologies with academic and industry partners, […] More

A General Dynamics business has received a $93.52 million award from the U.S. Army to manufacture M1A2 Abrams tanks for an undisclosed Foreign Military Sales customer. The fixed-price-incentive contract requires General Dynamics Land Systems to engineer, design and produce the main battle tanks through Sept. 30, 2025, the Department of Defense said Friday. According to […] More