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Warhead Systems and Services
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Warhead Systems Engineering Services
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General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Niceville, FL provides engineering services to the U.S. Government, prime contractors and various international customers. Included in this engineering support function are: aircraft compatibility engineering, exterior ballistics, accuracy, vulnerability, lethality and other special modeling and analysis. General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Niceville, FL is in the forefront of advanced warhead design and development to support near term and future systems. Examples of technologies currently being investigated are blast fragmenting penetrators, long standoff warheads and miniature munition concepts. These developmental programs should become the basis for improved and new weapons systems in the near future. This expanded Warhead Systems capability will support our existing and new defense customer for the foreseeable future. |
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Metal Parts Fabrication Facility
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Located in northern California, our metal parts manufacturing facility houses the warhead design and engineering group as well as program management and inert material fabrication capabilities. Inhouse fabrication of missile components and precision shaped charge liners also takes place at this site. |
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Testing Services
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Rock Hill Testing Facility
Located in Florida, 20 miles from the General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Niceville, FL engineering center, Rockhill Testing Facility is an 800 acre test site fully equipped for experimental testing of warheads, a complete environmental and mechanical shock/vibration analysis, a 250m and 500m flight ballistic rocket range and a detonation physics research facility.
The facility is also equipped with a monorail sled track for fully-instrumented diagnostic dynamic testing.
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Marine Operations
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Camden, AK Marine Operations provides "at sea" test support. The team, comprised of explosives technicians certified to U.S. Navy Explosive Handler Standards, provides ordnance development prototyping/deployment and recovery operations.
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