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General Dynamics’ Gulfstream Receives $92M Navy G-550 Green Aircraft Order


general dynamics logoGulfstream Aerospace has been awarded a $91.9 million contract to produce one G-550 Green aircraft with modifications for airborne early warning function for the U.S. Navy.

The Defense Department said Friday Gulfstream will manufacture the aircraft in Savannah, Georgia, with a completion date of December 2018.

The G550 cockpit features a triple-redundant flight management system for flight data command, a head-up display, an enhanced vision system that uses infrared imaging technology and a synthetic vision-primary flight display.

Gulfstream Aerospace, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), equipped the aircraft with two Rolls-Royce engines.

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