Company will secure industrial control systems
at 188 installations worldwide
FALLS
CHURCH, Va., May 17, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a
business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), announced today that
it was awarded a $185 million
recompete task order to provide cybersecurity services for the Air
Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC). The task order, awarded by the
772nd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Tyndall Air Force
Base, Fla., has a one-year base period and four option
years.
AFCEC, a subordinate unit of the Air Force Installation and
Mission Support Center, is responsible for facility investment
planning, design and construction, property management and
environmental compliance and restoration. GDIT will research and
develop new strategies to mitigate cybersecurity risks to the Air
Force's industrial control systems. These systems include building
automation, life safety, utility monitoring and airfield control.
The company will leverage its cybersecurity and zero trust
expertise to perform this work at 188 installations worldwide.
"Protecting our operational technologies from our adversaries is
vital to our national security," said Brian
Sheridan, GDIT's senior vice president for Defense. "As a
long-standing partner of the Air Force, we look forward to
reimagining new ways to secure its critical infrastructure."
For more than 50 years, GDIT has supported the Air Force with
critical programs, including those in support of global
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions, automation
of security services, and advancement of digital engineering. Last
year, the company won one of its biggest Air Force programs when it
swept all initial task orders on a $4.5
billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity security
support services contract.
GDIT is a business unit of General Dynamics, 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. More information about General
Dynamics Information Technology is available at www.gdit.com. More
information about General Dynamics is available
at www.gd.com.
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