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Business/Financial

General Dynamics Invests And Accelerates Efforts At Saco, Maine Site

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Thursday, March 6th, 2008

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General Dynamics [GD] Armament and Technical Products unit is investing more than $5 million in production equipment and accelerating its enterprise- wide focus on Lean/Six Sigma-based process improvements at its Saco, Maine, gun manufacturing facility to increase the plant's capacity. The site is the General Dynamics' core production site for single- and multi-barrel aircraft and crew-served weapon systems. "As we anticipate the needs of our Department of Defense customers, we understand that our ability to remain responsive and flexible in…

Congress

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