News Release

GULFSTREAM APPOINTS NEW MANAGERS AT THREE LOCATIONS
Dallas, Brunswick, Ga., and Appleton, Wis., Have New Managers

SAVANNAH, Ga., APRIL, 16, 2009 - Gulfstream Aerospace has named new managers at three of its facilities across the United States.

Robby Harless, previously general manager at the Gulfstream facility in Brunswick, Ga., has been named vice president, general manager of the Dallas facility effective April 13, 2009.  In Dallas he will be responsible for the mid-cabin completions facility, the Gulfstream product support center and the General Dynamics Aviation Services product support center.  Harless replaces Charles Celli, who is moving to another business unit within the General Dynamics Aerospace group.  Harless will be succeeded in Brunswick by Ron Aldrich, who has been named general manager.  The Brunswick facility is a completions center and service center for large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft.

Don Petersen, formerly vice president, general manager of the company’s Appleton, Wis., operations has been appointed to another General Dynamics Aerospace business unit.  Greg Laabs, director of service, will be Interim Site Lead in Appleton.  The Appleton facility comprises a completions center for large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft, a Gulfstream product support center and a General Dynamics Aviation Services product support center.

In their new appointments, Harless, Aldrich and Laabs report jointly to Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream Product Support, and president, General Dynamics Aviation Services, and to Dennis Stuligross, senior vice president, operations, Gulfstream Aerospace.

 

NOTE TO EDITORS

Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), designs, develops, manufactures, markets, services and supports the world’s most technologically advanced business-jet aircraft. Gulfstream has produced some 1,800 aircraft for customers around the world since 1958. To meet the diverse transportation needs of the future, Gulfstream offers a comprehensive fleet of aircraft, comprising the wide-cabin, high-speed Gulfstream G150®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G200®; the new large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G250®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350®; the large-cabin, long-range G450®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G500®; the large-cabin, ultra-long-range Gulfstream G550® and the ultra-large-cabin, ultra-long-range G650®. Gulfstream also offers aircraft ownership services via Gulfstream Financial Services Division and Gulfstream Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales®. The company employs more than 9,700 people at seven major locations. We invite you to visit our Web site for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.

General Dynamics, (NYSE:GD) headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 92,300 people worldwide. The company is a market leader in business aviation; land and expeditionary combat systems, armaments and munitions; shipbuilding and marine systems; and information systems and technologies. More information about General Dynamics is available online at www.gd.com.