GD UK-Led Team Delivers FRES SV Bid

• Offers ASCOD SV vehicle and selects Lockheed Martin UK INSYS as turret provider

(London, UK, November 4, 2009) -- General Dynamics has submitted its bid to provide the British Army's next generation of reconnaissance Armoured Fighting Vehicles.

The General Dynamics team, led by General Dynamics UK, is offering a low-risk evolution of the ASCOD Infantry Fighting Vehicle, already in use with the Spanish and Austrian armies, for the Specialist Vehicle element of the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES SV). The ASCOD SV vehicle will have the best mobility in its class, with tremendous growth potential for optimum survivability for British troops against the threats of the future.

Source : General Dynamics Corporation (NYSE: GD)