News Release
GULFSTREAM DEVELOPS STATE-OF-THE-ART AUDIO VIDEO DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Follows Four-Year Joint Effort With Innovative Advantage
SAVANNAH, Ga., November 16, 2008 –Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), in conjunction with Innovative Advantage, has developed a state-of-the-art Audio Video Distribution System (AVDS) that supports the latest audio and video standards for Gulfstream business-jet aircraft.
AVDS offers a number of improvements, including increased bandwidth, better sound quality, less external noise and greater reliability.
The new system supports all current standard and high-definition video resolutions as well as analog, digital and multi-channel encoded audio. Additional benefits include noise-immune, fault-tolerant fiber-optic distribution and dynamic range audio compression. The system adheres to the Gulfstream Cabin-Essential® design philosophy. This means most single-point failures will be resolved or mitigated automatically.
Innovative Advantage, headquartered in Redmond, Washington, specializes in multi-channel, high-bandwidth media networks.
Gulfstream and Innovative Advantage have been developing the system since 2004. It will be standard on the Gulfstream G650, the all-new aircraft announced earlier this year. Beginning in 2009, it will be available as an option on in-production G450 and G550 aircraft and as a retrofit on in-service large-cabin Gulfstream aircraft.
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, headquartered in Falls Church, Va., employs approximately 91,200 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.
