Industry teams led by BAE Systems and General Dynamics have submitted bids to the U.S. Army for a competitive program to replace the branch's Bradley infantry fighting vehicle platform. The two companies separately confirmed plans to join the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition nearly six months after Rheinmetall's U.S. subsidiary unveiled its own team that will pursue the OMFV program.

Executive Mosaic is honored to present Chris Brady, president of General Dynamics Mission Systems, as a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient for driving the business unit's growth by leading valuable industry partnerships and securing profitable contracts, which has expanded GDMS' influence in the federal marketplace. This marks Brady's second consecutive Wash100 Award.

Phebe Novakovic, chairwoman and CEO of General Dynamics, has been named a recipient of the 2021 Wash100 Award for her leading company initiatives in meeting federal government requirements and helping defend national security interests. Executive Mosaic congratulates General Dynamics and Phebe Novakovic for her 2021 Wash100 Award. Visit Wash100.com to cast a vote for Phebe Novakovic. 

General Dynamics' mission systems business will offer a new line of products designed to help users securely access and handle sensitive information. The truMLS product suite consists of software and other tools that allow users to maintain security while accessing and sharing content across different classification levels, General Dynamics Missions Systems said Wednesday.

General Dynamics' mission systems business has handed over the U.S. Navy's first Knifefish unmanned underwater vehicle for surface mine countermeasure operations as part of a $44.6 million contract modification awarded in 2019. The Knifefish medium-class mine countermeasure platform is based on the Bluefin-21 undersea vehicle and can launch from a littoral combat ship to function as an off-board sensor across minefields, the company said Thursday.

General Dynamics' mission systems business has updated two of its network encryption tools built to shield users from potential cyber threats.

General Dynamics' NASSCO business has received four common rail technology engines built by Fairbanks Morse to power the USS John L. Canley expeditionary sea base being constructed under a U.S. Navy program.

General Dynamics' mission systems business has received a $43.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy to develop, manufacture and install fire control systems aboard Columbia and Dreadnought-class submarines.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 26, 2021 “” A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business unit booked a potential $695 million task order during the fourth quarter of 2020 to provide enterprise mission information technology support to U.S. Army forces in Europe, GovCon Wire reported Wednesday.

Leonardo DRS secured an initial award under a potential five-year, $600 million contract from General Dynamics' land systems business to manufacture 28 mission equipment packages for the U.S. Army's Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platforms being developed by the latter.

General Dynamics's mission systems business and Redcom Laboratories have partnered to market a Type 1 cryptographic voice gateway designed to provide companies and government agencies with end-to-end secure communications.

General Dynamics' mission systems business and REDCOM Laboratories have partnered to offer an integrated system designed to secure conference calls for national security operations. The Sectera vIPer Secure Phone/REDCOM Secure Voice Gateway is compliant with the Advanced Cryptographic Capabilities standard of the National Security Agency and combines secure routing with Type 1 encryption to protect conference calls from unauthorized interference, General Dynamics said Thursday.

General Dynamics has introduced a cryptographic module the company designed to secure mission-critical communications in space and avionics systems. The KOV-28 Open Systems Architecture technology is designed to integrate with rugged military platforms such as Mode 5 friend or foe identification, data links, navigation and satellite communications equipment, General Dynamics said Wednesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 3, 2020 “” A General Dynamics business unit will support the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' multicloud information technology implementation efforts under a potential four-year, $241M task order, GovCon Wire reported Monday.

General Dynamics' mission systems business has demonstrated military code commands with a micro transponder technology designed to support small unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Friday it showcased a five-ounce military communications module during a recent Innovation and Modernization Patuxent River event.