General Dynamics Mission Systems

General Dynamics Mission Systems is a General Dynamics business headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, that engineers mission-critical systems for combat vehicles, ships, submarines, aircraft and spacecraft. For the naval market it supplies submarine combat, weapon launch, sonar, electronic warfare and strategic fire control systems, integrates the electronic mission systems of U.S. Navy surface ships, and develops shipboard readiness, maintenance and situational awareness software. Its Progeny Systems business area and Bluefin Robotics unmanned underwater vehicles are part of its Sea portfolio.

What they offer

• Submarine systems: support of the AN/BYG-1 combat system on every U.S. and Australian Navy submarine, the Common Weapon Launcher, weapon simulators and trainers, and prime integration of the Trident II Fire Control System for Ohio-, Columbia- and U.K. Dreadnought-class submarines.
• Sonar and acoustics: Acoustic Intercept & Ranging processing, the Precision Acoustic Ranging System, Sonar Transmit Group hardware and an open water acoustic test facility in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
• Shipboard integration: open architecture computing infrastructure and mission system integration for the Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship and the Expeditionary Fast Transport, including Naval Strike Missile integration.
• Naval software: Dynamic ASSIST, Dynamic Vision and Dynamic Edge Kit situational awareness tools, MainTAIN maintenance asset management, Nosis and STRMS readiness software, and EMPIRE and USW-DSS mission planning.
• Undersea vehicles and weapons: Bluefin-9, -12, -21 and HAUV unmanned underwater vehicles, torpedo guidance and control, submarine electronic warfare, and submarine test and evaluation services.
• Other domains: TACLANE encryptors, TACDS cross domain solutions, airborne mission computers, satellite ground systems, the guarDSMan software modem, precision beryllium optics and composite aircraft structures.

Markets served

U.S. Navy surface and submarine forces, the Royal Australian Navy and the U.K. Dreadnought program, plus the U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, NASA and the intelligence community.

Locations

• Headquarters: Fairfax, Virginia
• Progeny Systems: Manassas, Virginia (HQ) with offices in Groton CT, Gloucester MA, Las Vegas NV, Lakewood OH, Canonsburg and Charleroi PA, Middletown RI, Salt Lake City UT, Chesapeake VA and Port Orchard WA
• Manufacturing and engineering sites including Scottsdale, Arizona and Cullman, Alabama

General Dynamics Mission Systems is a business of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. It employs approximately 12,500 people across more than 75 facilities worldwide and draws on more than 60 years of experience providing mission-critical systems, products and capabilities. The company describes itself as a technology integrator and original equipment manufacturer with domain expertise in ground, sea, air, space and cyberspace.

Its Progeny Systems business area, headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, runs production facilities that are ISO 9001 certified, and its system and software engineering processes have been appraised at CMMI level III since 2006. Manufacturing sites include Scottsdale, Arizona, and the precision optics facility in Cullman, Alabama.