General Dynamics
Awarded $9.6 Million for Technology Management System Services
Support and Implementation of Space Mission Information Management Processes
LOS ANGELES – General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a business unit
of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), was awarded a $9.6 million contract for
implementation and support of a Livelink Knowledge Management System, an
intranet solution for collaborative knowledge management, at the Space and
Missile Systems Center at the Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif. Support
includes around-the-clock availability with a 99.9 percent uptime, staffing
a Livelink helpdesk and training 6,000 users; implementation includes
engineering services to develop and execute business processes to address
information management for the organization.
“General Dynamics will provide the Space and Missile Systems Center with the
ability to install a secure intranet solution for collaborative knowledge
management. The General Dynamics solution improves the Center’s ability to
manage and share information, which is critical to the space and missile
missions it provides to the joint warfighter and our nation,” said Steve
Eng, program manager at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems.
Work will be performed in Los Angeles and is expected to be completed by
2011. Livelink Knowledge Management System is a product of Open Text™.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, headquartered in Arlington,
Va., is a leading provider of transformational mission solutions in command,
control, communications, and computers, intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance. Customers include those in the defense, intelligence,
homeland security and homeland defense communities. More information is
available on the Internet at
www.gd-ais.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately
72,200 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 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 can be found at
www.generaldynamics.com.