2004 - Press Release Archives
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- December 22, 2004 General Dynamics Delivers Submarine Jimmy Carter to U.S. Navy
- December 21, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $5.8 Million Contract to Develop NSA Acquisition Wide Area Network
- December 20, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $267 Million Contract for Egyptian M1A1 Co-production Program
- December 14, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $15 Million Contract for Goalkeeper Weapon Systems
- December 13, 2004 General Dynamics Appoints Sandy Wilson President and Managing Director of General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd.
- December 13, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $20 Million Order from U.S. Marine Corps for Unit Operations Centers
- December 9, 2004 General Dynamics Selected by Portugal for $457 Million Armored Vehicle Program
- December 9, 2004 General Dynamics/ATK Team to Supply 120 mm Tank Ammunition to the Australian Army
- December 7, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $5.6 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Work
- December 6, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $6 Million Contract for 30mm Barrels
- December 2, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $206 Million for 95 Additional Stryker Combat Vehicles
- December 1, 2004 General Dynamics Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
- November 29, 2004 Gulfstream G450 and G350 Receive Federal Aviation Administration Production Type Certificate
- November 22, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $12 Million Contract for Aegis Directors/Controllers
- November 19, 2004 Submarine Jimmy Carter Completes First Voyage
- November 16, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $489 Million in Funding for Navy Destroyer
- November 15, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $47.7 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Work
- November 12, 2004 Note to Business Editors -- November 12, 2004
- November 10, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Contract for New Marine Corps Expeditionary Weapon System
- November 9, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $23.4 Million Order for Enhanced-Capability Reactive Armor for Bradley Fighting Vehicles
- November 5, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Contract for Bradley Transmission Conversions
- November 2, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $3.8 Million Order to Upgrade Telecommunication Systems at U.S. Army Installations in Alaska
- November 2, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $136 Million Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Contract
- November 1, 2004 General Dynamics Acquires Engineering Technology Inc.
- November 1, 2004 Gulfstream G350 Business Jet Receives Type Certification
- October 29, 2004 General Dynamics Chosen to Upgrade Voice and Data Networks at the United States Military Academy
- October 27, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded ITSS III Contract to Provide IT Services to the Department of Justice
- October 22, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $5 Million Contract to Perform Engineering Studies in Support of Mobile Gun System
- October 20, 2004 General Dynamics Reports Continued Strength in Third Quarter
- October 14, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $15.5 Million Contract for Submarine Engineering Work
- October 13, 2004 General Dynamics Delivers Lead Virginia-class Submarine to U.S. Navy
- October 11, 2004 Gulfstream Takes Mock-up of New G150 Business Jet on the Road
- October 7, 2004 Further MOWAG PIRANHAs for Denmark Third order from the Danish Army for PIRANHA IIIC 8x8
- October 4, 2004 General Dynamics Software-Defined Radio First to Receive National Security Agency Certification
- September 30, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $31 Million in Stryker-Related Contracts
- September 29, 2004 General Dynamics Common Hardware/Software II Contract Reaches $1 Billion Mark
- September 28, 2004 General Dynamics APKWS Guided Rocket Successfully Completes 5th Flight Test
- September 23, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $50 Million Engineering and Support Contract for TRIDENT Ballistic Missile System
- September 22, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $26.5 Million Contract for M2HB Machine Gun Overhaul Kits
- September 17, 2004 General Dynamics Acquires TriPoint Global Communications Inc.
- September 16, 2004 General Dynamics to Support Army Communications Efforts in Baghdad
- September 14, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Defense Contract for Engineering Services
- September 14, 2004 U.S. Army Selects General Dynamics-Lockheed Martin Team for Combined WIN-T Approach
- September 13, 2004 General Dynamics Chosen for $9 Billion Air Force Information Technology Contract
- September 13, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $30 Million Contract to Integrate Air Warrior Block 3 Systems
- September 8, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $29.9 Million Contract to Modify 111 M1A2 Abrams SEP Tanks
- September 7, 2004 Gulfstream G200 Receives Type Certificate from European Aviation Safety Agency
- August 31, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $24 Million For Maintenance and Operation of Military Sealift Ships
- August 30, 2004 One-Hundredth Gulfstream Business Jet Ceremoniously Rolls Out
- August 26, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $27 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Work
- August 23, 2004 General Dynamics C4 Systems to Develop Wearable, Fuel-Cell Driven Tablet Computers for U.S. Air Force
- August 23, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $23 Million Modification to Previously Awarded Canadian LAV III Contract
- August 18, 2004 Bath Iron Works Awarded $27 Million Contract for Destroyer Maintenance, Repair and Upgrades in Pacific Homeports
- August 17, 2004 Navy Awards General Dynamics $16.4 Million for Submarine Maintenance Work
- August 16, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Potential $750 Million Contract for Joint Biological Point Detection Systems
- August 12, 2004 New Gulfstream G450 Receives Type Certificate from Federal Aviation Administration
- August 12, 2004 General Dynamics selected by AT&T Government Solutions to Support the Communications Upgrade for the U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif.
- August 11, 2004 NASSCO Delivers the Double-Hull Oil Tanker Alaskan Frontier to BP Oil Shipping Company
- August 9, 2004 General Dynamics Intelligence and Exploitation Systems Achieves “CMMI Level 3”
- August 9, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $5.1 Million Artillery Ammunition Contract
- August 5, 2004 General Dynamics Board of Directors Elects Raynor B. Reavis a Vice President of the Corporation
- August 4, 2004 General Dynamics Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
- August 3, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded UAV Contract
- August 2, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $19 Million for Modernization of Navy Communications Overseas
- July 30, 2004 Submarine Virginia Completes First Voyage
- July 23, 2004 General Dynamics Appoints Peter J. Lawrence As President of American Overseas Marine
- July 22, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $16 Million in Orders for M2HB Machine Guns
- July 21, 2004 General Dynamics Posts Strong Second Quarter
- July 19, 2004 General Dynamics Team Selected to Supply Landmark Transformational JTRS Radio Technologies to U.S. Forces
- July 15, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $5 Million Contract For M1A1 Abrams Tank Material
- July 14, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $8.6 Million Contract for Improved Chemical Agent Monitors
- July 12, 2004 NASSCO Holds Keel-Laying Ceremony for Third of Four Double-Hull Oil Tankers for BP
- July 12, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $12.5 Million in Delivery Orders for Bradley Transmissions
- July 12, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $7 Million Contract to Update Trident Training Laboratories
- July 12, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $14.2 Million Delivery Order for Stryker New Equipment Training and Field Support
- July 9, 2004 General Dynamics Completes Acquisition of Spectrum Astro, Inc.
- July 6, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $21.5 Million Contract Modification for Submarine System Modernization
- July 2, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $8 Million in Orders for M2HB Gun Barrels
- July 2, 2004 General Dynamics Appoints Simon T. Honess As Managing Director of MOWAG
- July 1, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $479 Million Contract for Support of Joint Experimentation Program and Joint Futures Lab
- June 30, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $3 Million for Lightweight Machine Gun and Ammunition Phase 1 Design
- June 29, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Source Contract for Bradley Transmission Components
- June 29, 2004 General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship Team Will Deliver Flexible, Net-Centric, Open Architecture System
- June 29, 2004 Gulfstream GV Business Jet Flies with NASA's Synthetic Vision System
- June 24, 2004 General Dynamics Creates 150 Jobs at Virginia Facility
- June 24, 2004 U.S. Army Orders Vehicles to Complete Fourth Stryker Brigade
- June 21, 2004 General Dynamics Interactive’s Intrigue® Multimedia System Coming to Singapore and Rome
- June 18, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $16 Million Contract for MK47 “STRIKER40” Weapon Systems
- June 17, 2004 General Dynamics Announces Revised Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Work Site
- June 15, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $62 Million in Multiple Contracts
- June 15, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $74 Million Order for Support of 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team
- June 9, 2004 General Dynamics to Acquire TriPoint Global Communications Inc.
- June 3, 2004 General Dynamics Chairman and CEO Nicholas D. Chabraja Extends Contract to April 2008
- June 3, 2004 General Dynamics Will Not Increase Alvis Offer
- June 2, 2004 General Dynamics Completes NASA Study on Machine Self-Replication
- June 2, 2004 General Dynamics Board Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend
- June 2, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $12.8 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Work
- June 1, 2004 The Jimmy Carter, Third and Final Seawolf Submarine, to be Christened Saturday
- May 27, 2004 General Dynamics Selected for Final-Design Stage of Littoral Combat Ship Program
- May 25, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $6 Million Multiple Year Contract for the MK80 Series Bomb Body Production
- May 25, 2004 General Dynamics To Lead Small-Caliber Ammunition Consortium
- May 21, 2004 NASSCO and BP Hold Naming Ceremony for the Alaskan Frontier
- May 18, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $16.5 Million Contract for Abrams System Technical Support
- May 18, 2004 General Dynamics Interactive High-Definition Video-on-Demand System Operating at New Mandarin Oriental Washington D.C. Hotel
- May 12, 2004 General Dynamics Network Systems Awarded $9.76 Million to Enhance Air Force Network Capabilities
- May 11, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $3.7 Million Contract
- May 10, 2004 General Dynamics Prepares Submarine Jimmy Carter for June 5 Christening
- May 10, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $94.8 Million Contract for Advanced Crew Served Weapon System Development and Demonstration
- May 7, 2004 U.S. Joint Forces Command Extends General Dynamics Contract for Engineering and Technical Support
- May 7, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $121 Million Order to Retrofit M1A2 Abrams Tanks
- May 7, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $15.7 Million Ammunition Contract
- May 6, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $299 Million For Submarine Work, Materials
- May 5, 2004 General Dynamics Shareholders Elect Walmsley to Board of Directors
- April 29, 2004 General Dynamics to Develop Prototypes for New Ground Sensor Systems
- April 22, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $17 Million Order for Enhanced-Capability Reactive Armor for Bradley Fighting Vehicles
- April 21, 2004 General Dynamics Posts Strong First Quarter
- April 19, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $26 Million Contract for Advanced Life Support Technologies and Research
- April 15, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $212 Million Wheeled Light Armoured Vehicle Life Cycle Support Contract
- April 15, 2004 Canadian Government to Enter Negotiations with General Dynamics for Acquisition of 66 Mobile Gun Systems
- April 13, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $9.8 Million Demilitarization Delivery Order
- April 13, 2004 U.S Navy Awards General Dynamics $7.7 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Maintenance
- April 8, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $51.7 Million Order for Abrams M1A1 Tank Materials
- April 8, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $9 Million Contract for Air Force Information Extraction Research
- April 7, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $8.9 Million Contract Modification to Improve Surface Ship Sonar Systems
- April 1, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $35 Million in Orders on Common Hardware/Software Contracts
- March 29, 2004 General Dynamics United Kingdom Delivers BOWMAN
- March 29, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $111 Million Contract for Submarine Modernization Work
- March 19, 2004 General Dynamics Selected by M/A-COM to Deploy Land Mobile Radio System for the National Capital Region
- March 18, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded Potential $240 Million Contract for MK80 Series Bomb Body Production
- March 18, 2004 General Dynamics to Acquire Spectrum Astro, Inc.
- March 16, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $66.6 Million Order for 70mm Rockets
- March 11, 2004 General Dynamics and Alvis PLC Agree to Terms of Acquisition Offer
- March 10, 2004 U.S. Army Awards General Dynamics 70mm Rocket Warhead and Fuze Contract
- March 10, 2004 U.S. Army Orders Vehicles for Fourth Stryker Brigade from General Dynamics
- March 8, 2004 General Dynamics to Webcast CEO Chabraja’s presentation at Smith Barney Citigroup 2004 Industrial Manufacturing Conference
- March 4, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $57.5 Million Order for 70mm Rockets
- March 3, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $149.4M Contract Modification for SSGN Work
- March 3, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $31.6 Million Contract for Submarine Work
- March 3, 2004 General Dynamics Board Increases Dividend 12.5 Percent
- March 2, 2004 General Dynamics to Webcast CEO Chabraja’s Bear Stearns Appearance
- February 25, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $19 Million Contract Modification for Submarine Services
- February 23, 2004 Gulfstream Introduces New G350 Business Jet Aircraft
- February 19, 2004 General Dynamics and Aeronautics Defense Systems, LTD Sign Strategic Alliance Agreement
- February 19, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $66 Million Tank Ammunition Contract
- February 18, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $11.8 Million Contract for F/A-18 E/F Auxiliary Fuel Tanks
- February 17, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $6.5 Million Contract Modification for Surface Electronic Warfare System
- February 16, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $7.1 Million for Continued Development of Advanced Crew-Served Weapon
- February 12, 2004 General Dynamics Captures AUD $9.2 Million in Australian Army Work
- February 9, 2004 General Dynamics to Webcast CEO Chabraja’s SG Cowen Speech
- February 6, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $89 Million in Defense Contracts
- February 6, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $15.6 Million Contract Modification for SSGN Work
- February 6, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $11 Million Ammunition Contract
- February 5, 2004 General Dynamics Network Systems Opens New Facility in San Diego
- February 5, 2004 General Dynamics Elects Keane to Board of Directors
- February 4, 2004 General Dynamics Awarded $65.5 Million in Contracts for Abrams Systems Technical Support
- February 3, 2004 Bath Iron Works Awarded Potential $102 Million Navy Contract for Post Shakedown Availabilities on DDG 51-Class Ships in West Coast Homeports
- January 30, 2004 Note to Business Editors - January 30, 2004
- January 30, 2004 U.S. Navy Awards General Dynamics $6.2 Million Contract Option for Submarine Parts
- January 29, 2004 General Dynamics Receives $8.4 Billion Multiyear Contract for Virginia-class Submarines
- January 28, 2004 Greek Government to Buy General Dynamics Combat Search and Rescue Radios
- January 28, 2004 General Dynamics Names Patrick J. Sullivan Managing Director of Santa Bárbara Sistemas
- January 28, 2004 General Dynamics Completes Third Successful Guided-Rocket Flight Test
- January 28, 2004 General Dynamics Network Systems Awarded $6 Million to Enhance Army Communication Systems
- January 28, 2004 General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas Signs Spanish Contracts Valued at $672 Million
- January 27, 2004 NASSCO Receives $578.2 Million Navy Contract to Build Two Additional T-AKE Dry Cargo/Ammunition Ships
- January 21, 2004 General Dynamics Fourth Quarter Revenues Increase 23 Percent

