NASSCO Announces Three Senior Management Appointments July 11, 2005 -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has announced a number of senior management appointments. According to Janice Grace, senior vice president of operations at NASSCO, "We have reorganized our production team to put in place a strong operations management group that is focused on continuous improvement, to help assure NASSCO's continued success into the future." Steve Stroebel has been promoted to Vice President of Material, a new position. Stroebel, 50, most recently had been Director, Materials with additional responsibility for the Purchasing Department. He began his career in 1976, serving as a nuclear engineer in the U.S. Navy until 1981. After graduate school, he joined Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in 1983 as a management information systems consultant. He joined NASSCO in 1991 in the company's information systems department and subsequently held management positions in Manufacturing Systems and Production Control. In 1998 he was promoted to Director, Production Control and Warehousing. Stroebel earned a bachelor's degree in operations analysis in 1976 from the United States Naval Academy and a master's of business administration in 1983 from the University of California, Los Angeles. Bob Hillstrom has been promoted to Vice President of Production, filling a vacant position. Hillstrom, 47, has over 25 years of shipbuilding experience in production and engineering disciplines. Hillstrom began his career at NASSCO in 1980, serving in various production management positions. He became Director of the Steel Department in 2004. He has managed NASSCO's Assembly, Steel Erection and Rigging Departments. Hillstrom earned a bachelor's degree in naval architecture and marine engineering from the University of Michigan in 1980. He also earned a master's of business administration with an emphasis in production and operations management from San Diego State University in 1986. Steven Davison has been promoted to Vice President, Operations Support, a new position. Davison, 44, joined NASSCO in 1995 and was appointed Director, Planning and Facilities Engineering in 2003 after holding various management positions in both production and pre-production departments. His most recent position was Director, Ground Outfitting and Outfit Trades. Davison started his shipbuilding career in 1979 as a sponsored student with Harland & Wolff Limited in Belfast, Northern Ireland. His career with H&W included management experience in marine slow-speed two-stroke diesel engine manufacture, commercial shipbuilding production management, planning and offshore engineering project management and construction. Davison graduated from The Queen's University of Belfast in June 1983 with a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He is also a graduate of the Executive Program for Scientists and Engineers at the University of California, San Diego. NASSCO (www.nassco.com) is the largest industrial manufacturing company in San Diego with over 4000 employees. NASSCO currently is building four double-hull oil tankers for BP Shipping Company of Alaska and eight T-AKE dry cargo/ammunition ships for the U.S. Navy. Its T-AKE contract contains options for an additional four ships. General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 70,100 people worldwide and had 2004 revenue of $19.2 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 about the company is available at www.generaldynamics.com.

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