General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation
with over 8,000 employees in over 100 locations. Historically General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has served customers within the U.S. intelligence, maritime, space, and homeland communities, and has delivered products and services in systems integration, development, and operations support. A large portion of the work the company does is classified.
, Lucent Technologies
, Digital Systems Resources (DSR)
, Veridian
, Motorola
and Spectrum Astro.
, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
, DARPA National Cyber Range, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Information Network.
• Advanced Mission Computer
• Common Display Systems (CDS)
• Common Network Interface (CNI)
• Data Storage Systems
• Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Management System
• Open Systems Processor
• SSBN
/ SSGN
• Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP)
Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Programs
• Eagle Vision
• GeoWorx, MissionWorx
• Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS)
• Information Warfare Planning Capability (IWPC)
• Mobile Integrated Geospatial Intelligence System (MIGS)
• Motion-imagery Analysis and Archival System (MAAS)
• Storymaker
• Computer Network Defense User Defined Operational Picture (CND UDOP)
Integrated Space Systems
• Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)
• Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Poliametric Imaging
• Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
• General Dynamics Imager (GDI)
• GeoEye-1 Earth Imaging Satellite
• GPS Blocks 1/2/3
• International Space Station
• Hubble Space Telescope
• Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
• Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE)
Homeland Defense and Security
• DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center
• DHS National Operations Center
• DHS Office of Intelligence & Analysis
• INSight
• Integrated Incident Management System (IIMS)
Department of Defense Joint Support
• Joint Advanced Training Technologies Lab (JATTL)
• Joint Experimentation (J9)
• Joint Systems Integration Command (JSIC)
• Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC)
• Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ)
General Dynamics
General Dynamics Corporation is a U.S. defense conglomerate formed by mergers and divestitures, and as of 2008 it is the fifth largest defense contractor in the world. Its headquarters are in West Falls Church , unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, in the Falls Church area.The company has...
with over 8,000 employees in over 100 locations. Historically General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has served customers within the U.S. intelligence, maritime, space, and homeland communities, and has delivered products and services in systems integration, development, and operations support. A large portion of the work the company does is classified.
History
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems was named in 2002 after a reorganization of General Dynamics Corporation. The company represents the acquisition and realignment of other well known government and defense contractors including GTEGTE
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System....
, Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies
Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., originally Lucent Technologies, Inc. is a French-owned technology company composed of what was formerly AT&T Technologies, which included Western Electric and Bell Labs...
, Digital Systems Resources (DSR)
Digital Systems Resources
Digital System Resources was a provider of advanced systems for the DoD and became a success story for the military's SBIR program. From 1991–1997 it had been funded to the amount of $52,000,000, As of 2003 it was 75th on the Top 100 Federal Prime Contractors....
, Veridian
Veridian
Veridian may refer to:* Veridian Credit Union, a credit union in Iowa* Veridian Dynamics, a fictional company in the U.S. television series Better Off Ted...
, Motorola
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
and Spectrum Astro.
Cyber Security
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems is one of three of General Dynamics business units that provides cyber security offerings to the government. These programs and products include: Department of Defense Cyber Crime CenterDepartment of Defense Cyber Crime Center
The Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center is an United States Department of Defense agency that provides digital forensics support to the DoD and to other law enforcement agencies...
, United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT)
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team is part of the National Cyber Security Division of the United States' Department of Homeland Security....
, DARPA National Cyber Range, and the Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Information Network.
Non-Classified Programs
Integrated Combat Systems• Advanced Mission Computer
• Common Display Systems (CDS)
• Common Network Interface (CNI)
• Data Storage Systems
• Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Management System
Littoral combat ship
A Littoral Combat Ship is a type of relatively small surface vessel intended for operations in the littoral zone . It is "envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals." Two ship classes are the first...
• Open Systems Processor
• SSBN
Ballistic missile submarine
A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine equipped to launch ballistic missiles .-Description:Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate SLBMs such as the Russian R-29 or the American Trident...
/ SSGN
• Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP)
Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance Programs
• Eagle Vision
• GeoWorx, MissionWorx
• Imagery Exploitation Support System (IESS)
• Information Warfare Planning Capability (IWPC)
• Mobile Integrated Geospatial Intelligence System (MIGS)
• Motion-imagery Analysis and Archival System (MAAS)
• Storymaker
• Computer Network Defense User Defined Operational Picture (CND UDOP)
Integrated Space Systems
• Communication/Navigation Outage Forecasting System (C/NOFS)
C/NOFS
C/NOFS, or Communications/Navigation Outage Forecasting System is a satellite developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate to investigate and forecast scintillations in the Earth's ionosphere...
• Electro-optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Poliametric Imaging
• Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST)
• General Dynamics Imager (GDI)
• GeoEye-1 Earth Imaging Satellite
GeoEye-1
GeoEye-1 is a high-resolution earth observation satellite owned by GeoEye, which was launched in September 2008.-History:On December 1, 2004, General Dynamics C4 Systems announced it had been awarded a contract worth approximately $209 million to build the OrbView-5 satellite...
• GPS Blocks 1/2/3
• International Space Station
International Space Station
The International Space Station is a habitable, artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. The ISS follows the Salyut, Almaz, Cosmos, Skylab, and Mir space stations, as the 11th space station launched, not including the Genesis I and II prototypes...
• Hubble Space Telescope
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4 meter aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared...
• Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM)
Landsat program
The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth. On July 26, 1972 the Earth Resources Technology Satellite was launched. This was eventually renamed to Landsat. The most recent, Landsat 7, was launched on April 15, 1999. The instruments on the...
• Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE)
Homeland Defense and Security
• DHS National Infrastructure Coordinating Center
• DHS National Operations Center
• DHS Office of Intelligence & Analysis
• INSight
• Integrated Incident Management System (IIMS)
Department of Defense Joint Support
• Joint Advanced Training Technologies Lab (JATTL)
• Joint Experimentation (J9)
• Joint Systems Integration Command (JSIC)
• Joint Warfighting Center (JWFC)
• Standing Joint Force Headquarters (SJFHQ)