General Dynamics is engaged in the provision of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction; and...
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By Bill Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raytheon, L-3 Communications and Goodrich posted bigger-than-expected profit gains and raised their full-year earnings forecasts on Thursday, as the long boom in defense and commercial aircraft spending shows no immediate signs of bursting. The...
By Bill Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Boeing Co BA reported a bigger-than-expected 19 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as it took a charge on a delayed military plane contract and suffered effects of its troubled 787 Dreamliner programme. The world's biggest-selling...
By Bill Rigby NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co BA reported a bigger-than-expected 19 percent drop in quarterly profit on Wednesday as it took a charge on a delayed military plane contract and suffered effects of its troubled 787 Dreamliner program....
GROTON, Conn., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Navy today awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $29.7 million contract modification for nuclear-submarine work. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics .
LONDON, Ontario, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command LCMC, in support of the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support (PEO CS&CSS), has awarded a USD $67.3 million modification to a previously awarded contract for RG-31 Mk5 vehicles to General...
FAIRFAX, Va., June 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded three task orders by the Defense Logistics Agency DLA Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support Wholesale Program (DMLSS-W). The contracts have a total potential value of $7.4 million over two...
STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army TACOM Lifecycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics , a contract worth $19.8 million for the purchase of long-lead materials to support the reset of 129 M1A2 Abrams Systems Enhancement Package...
WESTMINSTER, Md., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Robotic Systems delivered the first 11-meter "Fleet" class Anti-Submarine Warfare Unmanned Surface Vehicle ASW USV to the U.S. Navy on May 2 as part of the Littoral Combat Ship LCS mission package. General Dynamics Robotic Systems is a part of...
FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , today entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ViPS, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of HLTH Corporation , for approximately $225 million.
FAIRFAX, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , was recently recognized as a recipient of an annual Civil Service/Contractor Team Award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA for exceptional service to NASA Headquarters. General Dynamics was recognized for...
GROTON, Conn., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $38 million contract modification to perform a range of work on USS Hawaii (SSN-776) during its post-shakedown availability PSA. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics .
FALLS CHURCH, Va., June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ The board of directors of General Dynamics today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 35 cents per share on the company's common stock, payable August 8, 2008, to shareholders of record at the close of business on July 3, 2008.
FAIRFAX, Va., June 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a contract by Naval Sea Systems Command NAVSEA to provide the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport NUWCDIVNPT with support for submarine periscope, photonic, electro-optic and electromagnetic systems. ...
GROTON, Conn., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $6 million contract modification for management and nuclear maintenance work on submarines stationed at Submarine Base New London, Conn. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics .
SAN DIEGO, June 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics , today held a keel-laying ceremony for the second ship of its new series of product carriers PC. The ship is being built for U.S. Shipping Partners and is scheduled to be...
SAN DIEGO, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics , today delivered USNS Robert E. Peary (T-AKE 5) to the U.S. Navy. Named in honor of the Navy rear admiral who led the first expedition to the North Pole, the Robert E....
FAIRFAX, Va., May 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics , has been awarded a contract by the General Services Administration's Assisted Acquisitions Service to support the Army National Guard's distributed learning information technology IT program. Under this contract, General Dynamics will provide...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Joint Munition and Lethality Life Cycle Management Command has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a contract to develop a Lightweight .50 Caliber (12.7mm) Machine Gun (LW50MG) weapon system. The $9 million contract will fund development of the...