STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General
Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has
been awarded contracts worth $47 million by Force Protection Inc. to provide
supplies and support for the U.S. Marine Corps' Mine Resistant Ambush
Protected (MRAP) vehicle program.
Work under these contracts will be performed in Anniston and Oxford, Ala.;
Charlotte, Mich.; Ladson, S.C.; Lima, Ohio; Kings Point, N.C.; and Sealy,
Texas.
Force Protection (Nasdaq: FRPT) and General Dynamics participate in a
joint venture to share MRAP production and program management under contracts
with the Marines.
Force Protection manufactures ballistic- and mine-protected vehicles
through its wholly owned subsidiary. These specialty vehicles are protected
against landmines, hostile fire, and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs,
commonly referred to as roadside bombs). Force Protection's mine and ballistic
protection technology is among the most advanced in the world. The vehicles
are manufactured outside Charleston, S.C. For more information on Force
Protection and its vehicles, go to www.forceprotection.net.
General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs
approximately 84,600 people worldwide and anticipates 2008 revenues of
approximately $29.5 billion. The company is a market leader in business
aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions;
shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies.
More information about the company is available on the Internet at
www.generaldynamics.com.
SOURCE General Dynamics Land Systems
