General Dynamics Awarded Funds To Upgrade Its Services

Writer: Carl Norton on Sep 1 2010.

General Dynamics Advanced Information System, a business unit of General Dynamics has been awarded an additional fund of $11.5 million to an earlier awarded improvement contract.

The funds will help the company improve its engineering and nominal services for the AN/BYG-1 weapons control system for SSN21-, Virginia- and SSN688/688I-class submarines.

The contract modification is basically the second-year option of the multi-year awarded contract in 2009.

The AN/BYG-1 deals with the tactical weapon control and network subsystems on U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy submarines.

The General Dynamics-developed weapons control system features an open-business and an open-architecture philosophy to facilitate its system services.

Major work of the contract will be carried out in Pittsfield, Mass.; Fairfax, Va.; and Middletown, R.I.

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a well-known service provider in the fields of defense, intelligence and homeland security companies.

General Dynamics Corporation, headquartered in Falls Church Va. employs more than 90,000 workers in its staff.

It is the leading service provider in shipbuilding and marine systems, land and expeditionary combat systems, business aviation and information systems and technologies

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SOURCE General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems

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