General Dynamics wins $111.8M Army contract
The U.S. Army awarded the ordnance and tactical systems unit of Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. a $111.8 million contract to provide bomb hardware to the branch, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide general-purpose tritonal bomb hardware, also known as Mk-90 series bomb components. General […]
General Dynamics books $241M CMS cloud implementation support order
Reston-based General Dynamics Corp.‘s information technology business has secured a potential four-year, $241 million task order to help the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services implement a multicloud computing environment. The cloud products and tool award, which has a one-year base period plus three one-year options, covers the procurement of instances from multiple service providers[...]
War and peace
Like a lot of bosses in spring and summer 2020, Phebe Novakovic confronted challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. It threatened lives and economies. Managers weren’t sure when some customers would be able to pay their bills. Employees were anxious; clients were understandably skittish. With travel shutting down, in-person sales demonstrations were curtailed. But unlike most […]
General Dynamics business unit wins $42.6M contract modification
The U.S. Navy awarded Fairfax-based General Dynamics Mission Systems a $42.6 million contract modification to continue work on sustaining integrated combat management systems and associated platforms used by the branch’s littoral combat ships, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business unit of Reston-based defense contractor General Dynamics[...]
General Dynamics CEO joins JPMorgan Chase board
New York City-based JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced Wednesday that Phebe N. Novakovic, chairman and CEO of Reston-based aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp., has been elected to join the company’s board of directors, effective Dec. 7. Novakovic has served as chairman and CEO of General Dynamics since 2013. She joined the company in […]
General Dynamics lands $1.22B Army air defense contract
The U.S. Army awarded Reston-based Fortune 100 defense contractor General Dynamics Corp.’s land systems division a potential five-year, $1.22 billion contract to manufacture and test systems that are designed to destroy, neutralize or deter low-altitude aerial threats, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the contract, General Dynamics will provide Interim Maneuver Short-Rang[...]
General Dynamics subsidiary lands $201M VA contract
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded Falls Church-based General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. a potential three-year, $201 million contract to provide software development and information technology services (DevOps) to improve the department applications, according to reports. GDIT is a subsidiary of Fortune 100 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. GDIT w[...]
Navy raises General Dynamics submarine contract to $9.47B
Reston-based Fortune 100 aerospace and defense contractor General Dynamics Corp. on Tuesday received an $869 million modification to its 2017 contract to produce two U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines. The modification raises the contract value to $9.47 billion. The original Integrated Product and Process Development contract supported the design and construction of Columbia-class ballistic mi[...]