December 3, 2009 (FinancialWire) — General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a $15.6 million, five-year contract to support the Department of Defense’s Defense acquisition University at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Under the award, General Dynamics will provide support to the DAU learning asset program, which governs the technology and curriculum used to teach students in the classroom or through the Internet.

Services provided include program office support as well as technical expertise in developing and sustaining learning assets life cycle processes, tools and best practices support. General Dynamics will provide enterprise solutions in the areas of learning management systems, analysis and learning asset configuration management, and distance learning.

Virginia-based General Dynamics employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide.

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