FAIRFAX, Va., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $15.6 million, five-year contract to support the Department of Defense's Defense Acquisition University (DAU) at Fort Belvoir, Va.

General Dynamics will provide support to the DAU learning asset program, which governs the technology and curriculum used to teach students in the classroom or through the Internet. Services provided include program office support as well as technical expertise in developing and sustaining learning assets life cycle processes, tools and best practices support. General Dynamics will provide enterprise solutions in the areas of learning management systems, analysis and learning asset configuration management, and distance learning. Learning assets refer to the content in all its forms -- PowerPoint presentations, web-based modules, video clips -- used to perform training or enhance learning.

The DAU provides practitioner training, career management and services to enable the Department of Defense Acquisition, Technology and Logistics community to make smart business decisions and deliver timely, affordable capabilities to the warfighter in six major program areas -- acquisition management; information technology; procurement and contracting; technical management; business, cost estimating and financial management; and logistics.

"General Dynamics will use its proven, innovative expertise in training systems to merge legacy assets and programs with state-of-the-art learning solutions that will allow the university keep pace in today's rapidly changing environment," said Harry Shackelford, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology's Aviation Joint Solutions sector. "In addition, we will help the Defense Acquisition University meet future-generation distance learning requirements by implementing best practices and providing the necessary learning technologies going forward."

As a trusted systems integrator for more than 50 years, General Dynamics Information Technology provides information technology (IT), systems engineering, professional services and simulation and training to customers in the defense, intelligence, homeland security, federal civilian government and commercial sectors. With approximately 16,000 professionals worldwide, the company manages large-scale, mission-critical IT programs delivering IT services and enterprise solutions. More information about General Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. 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 General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.

SOURCE General Dynamics Information Technology

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