GULFSTREAM'S APPLETON SERVICE CENTER EARNS MAINTENANCE APPROVAL FROM SAUDI ARABIA

Wisconsin Facility Has Six Worldwide Authorizations To Perform Maintenance, Repair

SAVANNAH, Ga., November 13, 2011 - The Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. service center in Appleton, Wis., recently earned an approved maintenance organization designation from Saudi Arabia. With this authorization, aircraft registered under Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) can undergo maintenance, repairs, alterations and inspections at the 275,000-square-foot facility.

Gulfstream Appleton joins the Gulfstream Savannah Service Center in the United States and Gulfstream Luton Service Center in England as GACA-authorized facilities.

"Saudi Arabia, and the Middle East in general, is a strong market for Gulfstream," said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream Product Support. "Having more and more of our service centers that can handle the maintenance needs of those operators is important. Appleton has already delivered an aircraft to Saudi operators since earning this designation."

The aircraft covered by the Gulfstream Appleton certificate include all Gulfstream aircraft, the Bombardier Challenger 600 series and 5000/Global Express aircraft, the Dassault Falcon 50, 900 and 2000 series models, and the Hawker Beechcraft 800 series, 850XP and 700 models.

Gulfstream Appleton is a certified U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and European Aviation Safety Agency Part 145 repair station, which means the site's 700-plus employees can work on aircraft registered in the U.S. and European Union countries. In 2010, Appleton's workforce serviced 314 aircraft.

Gulfstream Appleton also has maintenance approvals from the civil aviation authorities in Bermuda and Canada.

 

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 more than 1,900 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 new large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G280®; the large-cabin, mid-range Gulfstream G350®; the large-cabin, long-range Gulfstream 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 Pre-Owned Aircraft Sales®. The company employs more than 10,000 people at 10 major locations. We invite you to visit our website for more information and photos of Gulfstream aircraft at www.gulfstream.com.

General Dynamics, headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia, employs approximately 88,000 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 the company is available on the Internet at www.generaldynamics.com.