General Dynamics is set to win a contract to deliver an unconfirmed number of battle tanks to Saudi Arabia, Reuters reported Friday. The news agency,  citing German newspaper Handelsblatt, said General Dynamics’ bid beat out Germany-based defense company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. According to the Handelsblatt’s sources,  the deal involves the purchase of General Dynamics …

A General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) subsidiary has won a $208.6 million contract modification to acquire lead-time materials for three U.S. Navy submarines. General Dynamics Electric Boat will purchase components such as steam and electrical-plant parts, main propulsion unit and turbine generators, and miscellaneous hull, mechanical and electrical systems, General Dynamics said …

General Dynamics Information Technology (NYSE: GD) has won a $25 million contract modification to help the U.S. Navy analyze and investigate foreign military sales programs. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award covers 300, 000 of integrated logistics services, the Defense Department said Wednesday. GDIT will receive funds on individual delivery orders as the …

  General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) has won a $14.7 million contract to provide a cybersecurity system to the Internal Revenue Service for the agency’s tax and revenue data asset networks. The five-year contract calls on the company to develop and update the system with the goal of preventing network penetrations, …

Bernie Guerry, formerly a vice president and general manager at the General Dynamics Information Technology (NYSE: GD) business unit, has been promoted to senior vice president and general manager of intelligence solutions. He will oversee 4, 600 employees that work with customers in sectors such as the U.S. defense and …

Boeing (NYSE: BA), General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Wyle Laboratories have won a $200 million combined contract with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to provide aircraft support to Kuwait. The possible foreign military sale covers technical, logistic and maintenance support for Kuwait’s F/A-18 C/D aircraft as part of the U.S. government’s foreign policy to …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) board of directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 56 cents per share on the company’s common stock. Shareholders of record at the close of business on July 5 will receive the dividend Aug. 9, the company said Wednesday.

Thomas Kirchmaier, formerly a senior vice president and general manager at General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been promoted to president of the General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems business unit and vice president of the corporation. His promotion is effective immediately and he will report to David Heebner, executive vice president …

General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) Mediaware subsidiary and Sentient Vision Systems Pty Ltd are partnering to create a surveillance system for helping troops identify targets in maritime and combat operations. The partnership intends to combine Mediaware’s D-VEX video system with Sentient’s Kestrel land and maritime software to help surveillance personnel analyze …

General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) and Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) have won $6.1 billion combined in contracts to build nine destroyers for U.S. Navy, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal-Esa writes the Navy awarded a $2.84 billion order to General Dynamics for five DDG 51 class ships and $3.33 billion to Huntington Ingalls. …