Building upon the innovation and success of the Tranche 1
Operations and Integration contract, General Dynamics will evolve
the ground system architecture under the Ground, Management and
Integration program to support development of Proliferated
Warfighter Space Architecture mission capabilities for future
tranches.
FAIRFAX,
Va., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- General
Dynamics Missions Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics
(NYSE:GD), announced today it was awarded a $491.6 million contract by the Space Development
Agency (SDA) to perform design, analysis, engineering studies, and
technical augmentation for their Ground Management and Integration
(GMI) program's integrated ground system. General Dynamics and
teammate Iridium builds upon the Tranche 1 (T1) Operations and
Integration contract to provide additional Tranche 2 (T2)
capabilities under GMI, delivering a fully functional integrated
ground system for the SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space
Architecture (PWSA).
"As SDA continues to address the space-based demands of our
joint warfighter community to enhance responsiveness and advantage,
I'm proud of our team's accomplishments and inspired by their
steadfast commitment to 'semper citius'," said Amy Johnson, vice president and general manager
for the Space, Cyber & Intelligence Systems line of business
with General Dynamics Mission Systems. "Our strong T1 performance
and extensive systems integration experience enable us to deliver
an extensible PWSA ground system at the pace of SDA."
Under this contract, General Dynamics will work with SDA and key
stakeholders to develop and deliver a Tranche-agnostic ground
system for PWSA. In addition, General Dynamics will perform
enterprise integration for the T2 constellation. Specifically,
General Dynamics and Iridium will provide all services
required for the evolution, expansion, integration, testing and
maintenance of the ground entry points, operations centers,
enterprise test and checkout capabilities and infrastructure
management, including all development, systems engineering,
integration, testing, maintenance, and site support.
General Dynamics Mission Systems provides mission-critical
solutions to defense, intelligence and cyber-security customers
across all domains. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, General Dynamics Mission
Systems employs more than 12,000 people worldwide. More information
about General Dynamics Mission Systems' broad portfolio of
capabilities is available at gdmissionsystems.com.
General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that
offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business
aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles,
weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and
services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people
worldwide and generated $42.3 billion
in revenue in 2023. More information about General Dynamics is
available at www.gd.com.
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