General Dynamics Selects PacStar™ to Sell Sectéra® vIPer™ Secure Phones

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has selected PacStar™, a technology-based provider of communications solutions to the military and government, to resell the Sectéra® vIPer™ Universal Secure Phone. The Sectéra vIPer Phone is the only secure desktop phone to be National Security Agency-certified to protect information classified Top Secret and below over commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks for authorized U.S. military and government users.

The result of this agreement is a one-stop, total solution for government users of secure VoIP. The agreement allows PacStar to include Sectéra vIPer phones in the integration and implementation of Cisco Unified Communications networks or to sell the secure phones to users with established Cisco Internet protocol (IP) networks.

“PacStar’s ability to architect and implement Cisco IP solutions to the classified communications community made them an obvious choice to deploy the Sectéra vIPer phone,” said John Cole, vice president of Information Assurance for General Dynamics C4 Systems.

“We are pleased to have been selected by General Dynamics to resell the Sectéra vIPer phone,” said Bob Dunn, senior vice president of sales and marketing at PacStar. “Our customers in the military and government demand the most secure and reliable communications solutions. The Sectéra vIPer meets that requirement as the next generation secure IP desktop phone.”

The reseller agreement was signed on March 4, 2008. Orders may be placed directly with PacStar Communications.

General Dynamics C4 Systems is a leading integrator of secure communication and information systems and technology. The company specializes in command and control, communications networking, space systems, computing and information assurance for defense, government and select commercial customers in the United States and abroad.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 84,000 people worldwide and reported 2007 revenues of $27.2 billion. 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 the company is available online at www.generaldynamics.com.