General Dynamics Awarded $47 Million Contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

FAIRFAX, Va. – General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded an information technology (IT) contract by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) valued at $47 million over five years if all options are exercised.

Through this contract, General Dynamics will provide full service operations and maintenance support for the USDA’s FSIS including application support, information technology infrastructure support, desktop support and repair services across the country. The company will manage an around-the-clock help desk serving as a single point of contact for all users.

“We will provide FSIS with the operations and maintenance expertise necessary to sustain a stable, secure, effective and efficient IT infrastructure to accomplish the complex mission of protecting critical elements of our nation’s food supply,” said Marcus Collier, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Civilian/Homeland Security Solutions division.

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems engineering and professional services to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government and commercial sectors. With approximately 16,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT services and enterprise solutions. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,000 people worldwide. 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 General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.
 

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