General Dynamics
Bath Iron Works
Bath Iron Works employees are premier designers and builders of complex, technologically advanced naval ships. Since the 1950's, BIW has served as lead shipyard for 10 surface ship classes produced by the U.S. Navy, more than any other U.S. shipyard. In 1995, BIW was purchased by General Dynamics further enhancing the company's technological expertise and capabilities through key investments and access to the complementary capabilities of other General Dynamics companies.
Bath Iron Works is located in the northeastern United States on the Kennebec River in Bath, Maine. The 15-acre expansion features a land-level transfer facility with a 750-foot drydock as the centerpiece. BIW offers a comprehensive engineering team consisting of engineers, designers, planners and technical managers. Engineering activity is supported by an integrated Computer-Aided Design (CAD) system. BIW Engineering employs over 1,000 people in a diverse array of disciplines and capabilities. Approximately two-thirds support design functions while the remaining support engineering and business functions. The BIW Engineering Division is comprised of seven distinct but closely inter-related functional areas.
The Advanced Technology organization is developing solutions through ten technology focus areas (Technology Teams). These Technology Teams are: Advanced Materials, CONFORM, Environmental Systems, Manufacturing Technology, Mission Area Systems, Mobile Information Systems, Power Systems, Shipboard Automation, Signatures, and Strategic Technologies
General Dynamics Electric Boat
Electric Boat is the founding member of General Dynamics with more than a century of submarine experience, and an established record of excellence in the design, construction and lifecycle support of submarines for the U.S. Navy. Primary operations are the shipyard in Groton, Conn., and the automated hull-fabrication and outfitting facility in Quonset Point, R.I., with a current workforce of nearly 9,000 employees. Electric Boat's experience includes forty years of marine composite experience in composite design/analysis; platform integration; material specification, testing, inspection requirements development, and development of fire resistant composites. Composite applications include fairings, sails, bow domes, control surfaces, cover plates, impellers, pumps, shafts, strainer plates, ducts, gratings, motor components. Electric Boat also has experience with thermosets and thermoplastics resins; E-glass, S-Glass, and graphite fibers; and autoclave, RTM, VARTM, filament winding, pultrusion, fiber placement, compression molding, injection molding fabrication processes.
General Dynamics Land Systems
General Dynamics Land Systems has its headquarters in Sterling Heights, MI, where the executive, administrative, research and development activities are coordinated in support of U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and international vehicle programs. As a systems integrator, Land Systems designs, engineers, and manufactures land and amphibious combat vehicles. Engineering research, development, and technological innovation keep Land Systems in the forefront of the U.S. military's armored force modernization programs. Land Systems has broadened its product base over the last few years to include armored vehicle systems in the medium and lightweight classes, including the Marine Corps Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle and the Interim Armored Vehicle, the new lightweight, wheeled combat vehicle for the Army's Medium Brigade Combat Team.
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products, an operating unit of the General Dynamics Corporation, is a proven systems integrator of defense products for all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Ministries of Defense of over 30 allied nations.
GDATP offers our customers more than products. We provide capabilities. Our products and the capabilities they provide are divided into three mission areas: Detection, Protection, and Lethality. GDATP designs, develops, and produces high-performance armament systems, a full range of high-performance composite products for the aerospace industry, biological and chemical detection systems, advanced sensor and vision-enhancement systems, and mobile shelter systems. GDATP also provides system management for key DoD programs, including the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS) 70mm (2.75-inch) rocket family.
GDATP is an industry leader in quality performance. In 2001, the Office of Naval Research's Best Manufacturing Practices Program identified 19 GDATP company business practices as "Best Practices" industry-wide. We are ISO9001:2000 registered, and have earned Software Engineering Institute Capability Maturity Model Level-3 certification of our software process capability. We are a Boeing Aerospace Silver Preferred Supplier, and have received numerous DoD, industry, and environmental awards.
