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Defense Systems – is a major end-to-end provider of net-enabled Battle Management C4ISR systems, decision
superiority, and mission-enabling solutions and services in support of the national defense and security of our
nation and its allies. The division is a prime developer and integrator of many of DoD’s programs-of-record,
particularly for command and control and communications for the Air Force, the Army, the Navy, and Joint
Forces. Major product and services include Enterprise Infrastructure and Applications, Mission Systems
Integration, Military Communications & Networks, BMC2 and Decision Support Systems, Global and
Operational C2, Ground and Maritime Combat Systems, Air and Missile Defense, Combat Support Solutions
and Services, Defense Logistics Automation, and Force and Critical Infrastructure Protection. Systems are
installed in operational and command centers world-wide and across all DoD services and joint command.
Intelligence Systems – is focused on the delivery of world-class systems and services to the U.S. intelligence
community. Major offerings include Studies & Analysis, Systems Development, Enterprise IT, Prime Systems
Integration, Products, Sustainment, and Operations and Maintenance. Customer focus addresses several mission
areas including Airborne ISR, Geospatial Intelligence, Ground Systems, Integrated Intelligence and dynamic
Cyber defense. Sustaining and growing the business in today’s market mandates sharing meaningful information
across agencies through development of cost effective systems that are responsive to mutual requirements.
Intelligence Systems is also creating new responsive capabilities leveraging existing systems to provide solutions to
customer needs through labs and integration centers.
Civil Systems – provides specialized information systems and services in support of critical government civil
missions, such as homeland security, public health, cyber security, air traffic management and public safety.
Primary customers are federal civilian agencies, with state and local customers and the U.S. Postal Service also
being served. Civil Systems develops and implements solutions that combine a deep understanding of civil
government domains with core expertise in prime systems integration, enterprise applications development, and
high value IT services including cyber security, identity management and advanced network communications.
SHIPBUILDING
Shipbuilding, headquartered in Newport News, Virginia, is the nation’s sole industrial designer, builder, and
refueler of nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and one of only two companies capable of designing and building
nuclear-powered submarines for the U.S. Navy. Shipbuilding is also one of the nation’s leading full service
systems providers for the design, engineering, construction, and life cycle support of major programs for the
surface ships of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and international navies. The segment includes the following
areas of business: Aircraft Carriers; Expeditionary Warfare; Surface Combatants; Submarines; Coast Guard &
Coastal Defense; Fleet Support; and Services & Other.
Aircraft Carriers – The U.S. Navy’s newest carrier and the last of the Nimitz class, the USS George H. W. Bush,
was delivered in May 2009. Design work on the next generation carrier, the Ford class has been underway for
over eight years. The Ford class incorporates transformational technologies including an enhanced flight deck
with increased sortie rates, improved weapons movement, a redesigned island, a new nuclear power plant design,
flexibility to incorporate future technologies, and reduced manning. In 2008, Shipbuilding was awarded a
$5.1 billion contract for construction of the first ship of the class, the Gerald R. Ford, which is scheduled for
delivery in 2015. The segment also provides ongoing maintenance for the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier fleet through
overhaul, refueling, and repair work. In 2009, the completion of the refueling and complex overhaul of the USS
Carl Vinson was followed by the arrival of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which is expected to be redelivered to the
U.S. Navy following its refueling in early 2013. Shipbuilding is also currently performing a multi-year
maintenance service of the first nuclear-powered carrier, USS Enterprise, with redelivery anticipated in early
2010.
Expeditionary Warfare – Shipbuilding is the sole provider of amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy. In 2009,
construction of the Wasp class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was concluded with the delivery of LHD 8.
Construction of the San Antonio class continues, with five ships delivered from 2005 to 2009 and four currently
in construction. In 2007, Shipbuilding was awarded the construction contract for LHA 6, the first in a new class
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