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GULFSTREAM CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF LONDON-LUTON SERVICE CENTER
Facility Is the Only Gulfstream-Owned Service Center Outside the United States
SAVANNAH, Ga., June 20, 2008 – Gulfstream Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), recently celebrated the five-year anniversary of its London-Luton Service Center. The facility is the first and only Gulfstream-owned service center to be operated outside the United States.
Gulfstream bought the maintenance center from BBA Aviation in April 2003. After its first year of operation, the U.K. facility doubled its hangar space from 28,000 to 56,000 square feet.
That same year, it became the first Federal Aviation Administration-certificated aircraft maintenance center outside the United States to be awarded the FAA’s Aviation Maintenance Technician Diamond Certificate of Excellence. The award recognizes the highest level of achievement among five levels of technician maintenance training.
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The London-Luton Service Center is one of six Gulfstream-owned service centers. It provides maintenance for the Gulfstream G550, G500, G450, G350, G200, G400 and G300 as well as the GV, GIV-SP, GIV, GIII and GII.
The facility has received approval to work on a variety of Gulfstream aircraft from the Federal Aviation Administration, the European Aviation Safety Industry, the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department, the United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority, the Civil Aviation Authority of Bahrain and United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority.
In 2007, the center and its nearly 100 employees serviced approximately 1,350 Gulfstream aircraft.
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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 1,600 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 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 84,000 people worldwide and reported 2007 revenues of $27.2 billion. 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.
