STERLINGHEIGHTS, Mich. -

General Dynamics Land Systems, a businessunit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), is continuing work on an Amphibious CombatVehicle (ACV) solution for the U.S. Marine Corps.The recentlyawarded five-month contract extension, valued at $7 million, continues GeneralDynamics' ongoing work to determine the best option for developing anaffordable, survivable and high water speed ACV platform for the MarineCorps.The effortincludes flexibility and modularity analysis of the requirements, conceptrefinement and experimentation planning, which will help the Marine Corpsunderstand the risks and determine the best approach for developing the ACV. The work will be completed by existingemployees in Sterling Heights.Prior to this currentACV project, General Dynamics Land Systems funded its own internal testing in2012 and 2013 to assess the performance of its hull design against the MarineCorps' mine blast requirements for the amphibious vehicle. The highlysuccessful test was completed at the National Ordnance and Ballistic TestCenter in Camden, Ark., and provided an early assessment of the low-risk,mature and affordable ACV solution that General Dynamics can deliver to theMarine Corps.General DynamicsInformation Technology is working with General Dynamics Land Systems on theproject.More informationabout General Dynamics is available at www.generaldynamics.com.