General Dynamics Missions Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced it was awarded a $491.6 million contract by the Space Development Agency (SDA) to perform design, analysis, engineering studies, and technical augmentation for their Ground Management and Integration (GMI) program's integrated ground system. 

General Dynamics and teammate Iridium build upon the Tranche 1 (T1) Operations and Integration contract to provide additional Tranche 2 (T2) capabilities under GMI, delivering a fully functional integrated ground system for the SDA's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).

"As SDA continues to address the space-based demands of our joint warfighter community to enhance responsiveness and advantage, I'm proud of our team's accomplishments and inspired by their steadfast commitment to 'semper citius'," said Amy Johnson, vice president and general manager for the Space, Cyber & Intelligence Systems line of business with General Dynamics Mission Systems. "Our strong T1 performance and extensive systems integration experience enable us to deliver an extensible PWSA ground system at the pace of SDA."

Under this contract, General Dynamics will work with SDA and key stakeholders to develop and deliver a Tranche-agnostic ground system for PWSA. In addition, General Dynamics will perform enterprise integration for the T2 constellation. Specifically, General Dynamics and Iridium will provide all services required for the evolution, expansion, integration, testing and maintenance of the ground entry points, operations centers, enterprise test and checkout capabilities, and infrastructure management, including all development, systems engineering, integration, testing, maintenance, and site support.

General Dynamics Mission Systems provides mission-critical solutions to defense, intelligence, and cyber-security customers across all domains. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, General Dynamics Mission Systems employs more than 12,000 people worldwide. More information about General Dynamics Mission Systems' broad portfolio of capabilities is available at gdmissionsystems.com.

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company that offers a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation; ship construction and repair; land combat vehicles, weapons systems and munitions; and technology products and services. General Dynamics employs more than 100,000 people worldwide and generated $42.3 billion in revenue in 2023. 

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