NASSCO Announces Senior Management Promotions February 12, 2004 -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), today announced a number of senior management promotions. Janice Grace has been appointed to the new position of Senior Vice President, Operations. Grace will assume responsibility for all production, engineering, materials, master planning, and information systems activities. During her 30 years at NASSCO she has been involved in procurement, material control, production control and planning, master scheduling, information systems, program management, repair, and engineering. Grace has an undergraduate degree in mathematics from UC Irvine and has completed the UCSD Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers. Jay Carson has been appointed Vice President of Engineering. Carson has over 20 years of experience in the marine industry as a naval architect, marine engineer, and consultant. He has nine years of service at NASSCO, currently as Manager of Initial Design, Naval Architecture, and Systems Engineering. He has an undergraduate degree in naval architecture from the Webb Institute and an MBA from Boston University. Steve Clarey has been appointed Director of Marketing, Business Development and Public Relations. Clarey has 10 years of business development experience at NASSCO after retiring from the U.S. Navy as a Rear Admiral. He is a graduate of Williams College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School. Clarey will assume the marketing and public relations responsibilities of Jim Scott, Vice President of Marketing and Business Affairs, who has announced his retirement after almost 27 years of service at NASSCO in various senior management positions. NASSCO (www.nassco.com) is the largest industrial manufacturing company in San Diego with over 3,400 employees. NASSCO is currently building four double-hull tankers for BP Shipping Company of Alaska and six T-AKE dry cargo/ammunition ships for the U.S. Navy. Its T-AKE contract contains options for an additional six ships. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 67,600 people worldwide and had 2003 revenue of $16.6 billion. The company has leading market positions in land and amphibious combat systems, mission critical information systems and technologies, shipbuilding and marine systems, and business aviation. More information about the company can be found on the World Wide Web at www.generaldynamics.com.

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