| General Dynamics Corporation (General Dynamics) offers a portfolio of products and services in business aviation; combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; shipbuilding design and construction, and information systems, technologies and services. The Company focuses on delivering products and services to military, other government and commercial customers. General Dynamics has four business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Marine Systems and Information Systems and Technology. On October 24, 2007, General Dynamics acquired Monteria, LLC, of Mount Airy, Maryland. On November 13, 2007, the Company acquired Mediaware International Pty Ltd. of Australia, which develops real-time full-motion compressed digital video processing software and systems for defense, intelligence and commercial customers. In July 2008, General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of the Company, announced that it completed the purchase of ViPS, Inc., from HLTH Corporation. |
