Defense - Guns, Manual Launch Equipment

General Dynamics Awarded $18 Million Gun System Contract by Raytheon

Raytheon Missile Systems of Louisville, Ky., has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products an $18 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In-Weapon System (CIWS) and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx CIWS.

09 January 2009: General Dynamics

General Dynamics - GAU-22/A gun systems for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded two contracts by Lockheed Martin for the production of GAU-22/A gun systems for the F-35 Lightning II stealth fighter aircraft. The contracts have a combined value of nearly $9 million.

17 November 2008: General Dynamics

UK MoD - On target - final sniper rifle is delivered to troops

Snipers fulfil a vital and enduring role on the battlefield, in terms of intelligence gathering, target identification and eliminating high value targets.

13 November 2008: UK MoD

General Dynamics $9 million contract for production of M2HB machine guns

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, was awarded a $9 million contract from U.S. Army TACOM-Rock Island, Ill., for production of M2HB machine guns. Deliveries on the contract are expected to begin in late 2009.

14 October 2008: General Dynamics

General Dynamics - Contract for MK19 grenade machine guns

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded two contracts valued at $66 million by U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC for the production of MK19 grenade machine guns. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2009 and extend through late 2012.

13 October 2008: General Dynamics

General Dynamics - Phalanx contract from Raytheon

Raytheon Missile Systems of Louisville, Ky., has awarded General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products a $22 million contract to produce gun systems for the Phalanx Block 1B Close-In Weapon System and the Centurion Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System.

15 July 2008: General Dynamics

SAIC - Advanced Modular Gun Demonstrator

Science Applications International Corporation has successfully tested the Advanced Modular Gun Demonstrator (AMGD) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centers' Wallops Flight Facility, located in Wallops Island, Va.

09 July 2008: SAIC

General Dynamics - New processes to improve gun manufacture

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products is investing in production equipment and accelerating its enterprise-wide focus on Lean/Six Sigma-based process improvements at its Saco, Maine, gun manufacturing facility to increase the plant's capacity. The site serves as General Dynamics' core production site for single- and multi-barrel aircraft and crew-served weapon systems.

08 March 2008: General Dynamics

New Sniper Rifle for the UK Armed Forces

A £4M contract to supply the UK armed forces with new sniper rifles has been awarded to Accuracy International Ltd.

14 November 2007: Accuracy International Ltd

ATK Awards $65 Million Contract to L-3 Communications

ATK Awards $65 Million Contract to L-3 Communications

07 November 2007: ATK

Boeing-led Team Conducts Successful Missile Defense Flight Test

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 01, 2006 -- The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], working with industry teammates and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, today successfully completed a missile defense flight test that demonstrated the increased operational capability of the nation's only defense against long-range ballistic missiles.

01 September 2006: Boeing