General Dynamics Information Technology has been awarded a task order to provide information technology (IT) management services in Afghanistan to support U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Middle East District reconstruction and infrastructure-development programs. The task order was awarded under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services (ITES-2S) contract and has a potential value of $16 million over eighteen months if all options are exercised.
“General Dynamics has been supporting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for more than five years,” said Zannie Smith, senior vice president of General Dynamics Information Technology’s National and Homeland Security division. We are proud to provide the Corps with continuous information management and information technology support while they conduct critical drawdown operations in Afghanistan.”
Under this task order, General Dynamics will install, manage and upgrade a variety of IT infrastructures and systems in Afghanistan. Additionally, General Dynamics experts will train users of unclassified systems and provide helpdesk support services. The USACE Middle East District provides quality, responsive engineering, construction and related services that support military operations, international objectives overseas and national emergencies. The Middle East District is a subordinate element of the Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The ITES-2S contract is a multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract awarded to General Dynamics in April 2006.
About General Dynamics - Information Technology
General Dynamics Information Technology is one of four business units within the General Dynamics’ Information Systems & Technology group.
In 1999, General Dynamics acquired and integrated three businesses from GTE's Government Systems group: Communication Systems, Electronic Systems and Worldwide Telecommunication Systems. These new businesses gave General Dynamics superb capabilities in information assurance, land communication and networking, as well as broadened its capabilities in signal processing, applications and decision support.
In 2001, General Dynamics Worldwide Telecommunication Systems was renamed General Dynamics Network Systems to better reflect the total suite of IT services.
In 2003, General Dynamics Network Systems acquired the Information Technology Services division of Veridian as well as Creative Technology Incorporated allowing the company to increase its capabilities in network engineering, integration, software development, operations and technical consulting.
In 2006, FC Business Systems, Inc. (FCBS) became part of our company. FCBS added extensive credentials in enterprise network services, including information assurance and information security, network engineering, and software application development and integration. The company has achieved Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model® Integration (SEI CMMI) Maturity Level 3.
Also in 2006, General Dynamics Network Systems acquired Anteon, a leading IT services company that provided government customers with the systems integration, strategy and program management, systems engineering, operations services, and simulation and training solutions necessary to manage the development and operations of mission-critical systems.
