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Company Overview of General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
Company Overview
12450 Fair Lakes Circle
Fairfax, VA 22033
United States
Founded in 2002
Key Executives for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. Key Developments
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Inc. has been awarded a contract by Austal USA to be the Platform Systems Engineering Agent (PSEA) of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) 14 and 16. These are the fifth and sixth ships of the Independence-variant LCS to be ordered by the U.S. Navy under a 10-ship block buy contract awarded in December 2010 to Austal USA. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics. As part of the Austal USA LCS Industry team General Dynamics is responsible for the design, integration and testing of the ships' electronic systems including the combat system, networks and seaframe control. The technology backbone for the core mission system is General Dynamics' open architecture computing infrastructure (OPEN CI). With its 'plug and play' ability to quickly integrate new technology into ship systems, OPEN CI provides platform flexibility and quick configuration in response to dynamic and evolving Navy mission requirements. With its highly flexible architecture, OPEN CI facilitates the integration of best-in-class commercially available products, quickly and cost-effectively. This contract helps maintain a strong technical workforce at General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems facilities in Pittsfield, Mass., as well as in Mobile, Ala., Virginia, North Carolina, New Jersey and California. Additionally, this work will continue to support more than 450 suppliers across the country.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Bloomington, Minn., was awarded a $31,469,985 federal contract by the U.S. Naval Supply Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, for five-year performance based logistics support for six mission computers that are used on the F/A 18 E/F, EA-18G and AV-8B aircraft.
General Dynamics promoted Mark Nackman to vice president and general counsel for General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems. Nackmanjoined the defense and aerospace company as assistant general counsel in 2011. He previously held various roles at ATK, including senior counsel and vice president and associate general counsel.
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