General Dynamics Corporation (ticker: GD, exchange: NYSE)
News Release - Thursday, July 14, 2005
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LONDON, United Kingdom – General Dynamics UK Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has signed a contract with the Royal Netherlands Navy to supply the New Integrated Marines Communications and Information System – NIMCIS – which has a programme value of EUR 94 million (USD 113.6 million).

NIMCIS is a two-year programme to equip the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps (RNLMC) with the BOWMAN C4I system, which is being rolled out to the UK Armed Forces by General Dynamics UK Limited.

NIMCIS will provide the RNLMC with a secure voice and data communications infrastructure capable of supporting a range of network-enabled command, control, communications, computing and intelligence systems. In addition to a standalone system capability for the Marines, a key feature of NIMCIS will be the interoperability it provides between the Netherlands and UK forces, as allies and as part of the UK/NL Amphibious Force, as well as interoperability with other allied forces. NIMCIS replaces a variety of legacy communications systems within RNLMC.

“The NIMCIS system will enhance the capabilities of the Marine Corps, and provide them with the ability to continue to operate effectively in the digital age,” said a spokesman for the RNLMC.

“The BOWMAN system provides a state of the art, transformational voice and data capability that will put the Dutch Marines at the leading edge of proven network-enabled battlefield command and control. It is right and fitting that the Dutch Marines would want the advanced capability British forces are already receiving, to achieve interoperability in the UK/NL Amphibious Force,” said Sandy Wilson, president and managing director of General Dynamics UK Limited. “We are delighted to have won our first BOWMAN export contract. This is a major success for General Dynamics UK Limited, and confirmation BOWMAN is a battlefield discriminator.”

General Dynamics UK Limited is the prime systems integrator for NIMCIS, which brings together products from world-class communications and command and control suppliers, including ITT Defence Limited and Harris Systems Limited.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 70,100 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.

General Dynamics United Kingdom Ltd., headquartered in London, is a prime contractor and complex systems integration company specialising in military communications, battlespace, and mission and information management systems for safety and mission-critical applications. General Dynamics UK is structured around three main businesses: Mission Systems, Network Solutions, and BOWMAN. It has been active in the UK since 1962 and now employs over 1,200 highly skilled staff at eight locations across the UK including Oakdale in South Wales, and Hastings in South East England.

General Dynamics UK is currently delivering the BOWMAN system to the UK MoD. General Dynamics was awarded the (₤1.7 billion) Prime Contractor and Systems Integration contract for the BOWMAN secure, digital voice and data communications system in September 2001. A subsequent amendment to the original contract in December 2002 included the additional provision of an information Infrastructure as part of the ComBAT, Infrastructure, and Platform BISA programme. BOWMAN/CIP, as the joint programme is known, will provide the infrastructure to support a range of network-enabled systems, over the next 30 years.

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