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BOTHELL, Wash., June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that its Seattle operations received a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 3 rating by Technical Software Services, Inc., of Pensacola, Fla., a licensed partner of the CMMI Institute. The company's Seattle operation specializes in the design, development and production of precision pyrotechnic and...

BOTHELL, Wash., Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated a GPS-guided munition for use on small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). The testing consisted of three separate engagements using a Tiger Shark UAV launching an 81mm mortar equipped with General Dynamics' Roll Control Fixed Canard control system and an ARDEC-developed fuzing solution....

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Contracting Commands, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., and Rock Island, Ill., have awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), three contracts with a total value of $97 million for the manufacture and delivery of 120mm M865 and M1002 tank training ammunition, 105mm M1130 high-explosive (HE) pre-formed fragmentation (PFF) cartridges and 155mm M795 HE projectile metal...

BOTHELL, Wash., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), and BAE Systems (LSE: BA) have successfully demonstrated a tactical version of their 81mm Roll Control Guided Mortar (RCGM) at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., in January. Sixteen rounds were tested in total, all of which guided to within an average miss distance of approximately seven meters from the target at ranges from 980 meters to 4,000...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and BAE Systems have teamed to develop, demonstrate and produce the 81mm Roll Controlled Guided Mortar (RCGM), an affordable 81mm precision mortar round. The companies have been maturing the guided mortar technology over the last 12 months and will be conducting tactical demonstrations early in 2012. The teaming arrangement between General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems,...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has received a contract for the design and production of electromagnetic control actuators for Aerojet's Throttleable Divert and Attitude Control System (TDACS) in support of the Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) Block IIA missile interceptor. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD). The SM-3 Block IIA missile is the latest element of the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., has awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems the major share of the third option on a previously awarded multi-year contract for the production of 20mm PGU-27A/B Training Practice (TP), the PGU-30A/B Training Practice with Tracer (TP-T) and the PGU-28A/B Semi-Armor Piercing High Explosive Incendiary tactical round. In addition, the company was awarded a contract from an...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), announced today that it will bid on the U.S. Marine Corps' Precision Extended Range Mortar (PERM) program as a prime contractor. General Dynamics has successfully demonstrated key PERM-enabling technologies, including its 120mm Roll Control Guided Mortar (RCGM) and a 17 km extended-range rocket-assisted mortar. These combined technologies will...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Oct. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded a $5 million order for the M1 Portable Vehicle Arresting Barrier (PVAB) by the U.S. Army Office of the Program Manager - Close Combat Systems, Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., under a previously awarded multi-year contract. This contract supports the Army's Rapid Equipping Force operation needs. Units are scheduled to deliver through early 2012. The patented M1 PVAB was jointly...

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- ATK (NYSE: ATK) and General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems have signed a teaming agreement to offer a full-up solution for the United States Marine Corps' requirements for the rifled, 120mm Precision Extended Range Mortar (PERM). PERM is integral to the USMC's Ship-to-Objective-Maneuver (STOM) contingency operations, which support Marine infantry units with precision, long-range (16 - 20km) mortars fired from the Expeditionary Fire Support...