General Dynamics Awarded $17 Million Gun System Contract by Raytheon
|
| Posted
:
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:02:40 GMT |
| Author
:
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products |
| Category
:
Press Release |
| News Alerts by
Email ( click
here ) |
|
|
|
|
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 3 NC-Gen-Dynam-Raytheon
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has been awarded a $17 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System (CIWS) and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System by Raytheon Missile Systems (NYSE: RTN) of Louisville, Ky. General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).
The Phalanx Block 1B CIWS is the most recent upgrade of the Phalanx CIWS. Phalanx is a fully autonomous, radar-directed, rapid-fire 20mm Gatling-gun system that provides naval ships with the last line of defense against a variety of threats including anti-ship missiles, aircraft, high-speed watercraft and other air and surface threats. The upgrade adds enhanced fire-control capability, optimized gun barrels and an integrated Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) system.
In the Centurion configuration, a Phalanx Block 1B CIWS is mounted on a stabilized wheeled platform to protect ground forces and high-value sites against rocket, artillery and mortar threats. Currently deployed by the United States in overseas contingency operations, Centurion has successfully intercepted and destroyed more than 100 threats.
"The Phalanx is the only deployed close-in weapon system capable of searching, tracking and engaging littoral warfare threats," said Jo Ann Kramer, program manager of gun systems for General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products.
The gun systems will be produced at General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products' facility in Saco, Maine, with program management performed at the company's Burlington, Vt.-based Technology Center, and testing conducted at the Ethan Allen Firing Range in Jericho, Vt.
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, located in Charlotte, N.C., provides a broad range of system solutions for military and commercial applications. The company designs, develops and produces high-performance weapon and armament systems, defensive armor, countermeasure systems and aerospace composite solutions, as well as off-road axle and suspension systems. It is also a leading U.S. producer of biological and chemical detection systems. More information about General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products can be found on the Internet at www.gdatp.com.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.
SOURCE General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products
|
Copyright © 2008
PR Newswire. All rights reserved.
|
|
|
|
|
Related
News
Colombian National Pleads Guilty to Role in Defrauding the Export-Import Bank of the United States of More Than $1 Million
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Febe Durango-Rueda, 52, a Colombian national, pleaded guilty on Nov. 20, 2009, to participating in a scheme to defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) of more than $1 million, announced Assistant Attorney General of...
Alpharetta Man Pleads Guilty to Impersonation of National Security Agent
Aprile Held Himself out to Alpharetta & Marietta Police Departments as Anti-Terrorism Task Force Leader
ATLANTA, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Louis Joseph Aprile, 49, of Alpharetta, Ga., pleaded guilty today in federal district court to the offense of ...
Healthy Eating: Your Healthy Recipes Wanted by Healthy Life Network CHICAGO, IL -- 11/23/09 --
Healthy Life Network, the new online source for
all that is healthy, is now accepting healthy recipe submissions from its
readers. Those
Dean Foods Company Chairman and CEO Completes Previously Disclosed Forward Sale Agreement
DALLAS, Nov. 23 -- Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) today announced that the previously disclosed variable prepaid forward sale contract entered into between Gregg Engles, Chairman and CEO and an unaffiliated third party on November 21, 2008 has partially settled...
Pinnacle Announces Third Quarter Earnings
SHERIDAN, Wyo., Nov. 23 -- Pinnacle Gas Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: PINN) today reported the Company's financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 which included the following information:
Resul...
Closing Arguments Begin in the Trial of Khmer Rouge Official Kaing Guek Eav
CHICAGO, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Northwestern University Law Professor David Scheffer is in Phnom Penh, Cambodia this week to analyze and provide commentary on closing arguments in the trial of Kaing Guek Eav (alias "Duch"). The trial, which began in March of t...
Health Net Reschedules Its Investor Day to February 11, 2010 LOS ANGELES -
Health Net, Inc. (NYSE:HNT) today announced that it is rescheduling its
annual Investor Day from December 11, 2009, to February 11, 2010. The
company expects to issue its 2010 earnings guidance on December 11, 2009.
“In light of the recent decision by the
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|