June 22, 2006
P.O. Box 2074	Contact: Karl G. Oskoian
Warren, MI 48090-2074	Tel: 586 825 7980
www.gdls.com	Fax 586 825 4637
	oskoiank@gdls.com

STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich. - Dr. N. S. (Sridhar) Sridharan has been named senior vice president of General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, succeeding John Ulrich, who became senior vice president and deputy director of General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems. Sridharan reports to David K. Heebner, president of General Dynamics Land Systems.

Sridharan, who has a PhD in materials science from the University of Michigan, joined Land Systems in 1983 as a manager in engineering, design and development and continued to progress through the organization. In 1999 he became vice president of Propulsion Systems and was appointed to his most recent position, vice president, engineering programs in 2004.

General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada, located in London, Ontario, is a business unit of General Dynamics Land Systems headquartered in Sterling Heights Michigan. For over 25 years, more than 1,500 highly skilled technical employees have designed, manufactured and delivered to global customers a unique family of light armored vehicles.

General Dynamics Land Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, manufacturers and supports land and amphibious combat systems for the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps and Allied Nations and is the defense industry's largest supplier of armored military vehicles.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 72,700 people worldwide and had 2005 revenue of $21.2 billion. The company is a market leader in mission-critical information systems and technologies; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and business aviation. More information can be found online at www.generaldynamics.com