September 4, 2009 |
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General Dynamics Awarded $31 million for Trident Submarine
Support Services
GROTON, Conn. – The U.S. Nvy this week awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a
$31 million contract to plan and perform maintenance and modernization work on
U.S. Trident-Class and U.K. Vanguard-Class submarines. Electric Boat is a wholly
owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
Under the contract from the Navy’s Strategic Systems Program, Electric Boat will
perform shipboard integration of the fire control system; provide support to the
TRIDENT I and TRIDENT II submarine-launched ballistic missile programs; and
provide strategic weapon systems technical engineering support.
This is follow-on work from a 2008 contract that has now been extended to May
2012.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, 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
the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.
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