GDIT snaps up $988M deal to modernize US Navy’s C5ISR systems

January 13, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić

General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT), a business unit of General Dynamics (GD), has been awarded the ship and air command, control, communications, computers, combat, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems support (SACSS) contract to continue modernizing the US Navy fleet.

Under the contract, GDIT will modernize and integrate C5ISR systems to enhance the operational effectiveness and readiness of naval forces.

The company will provide integration, engineering, procurement, logistics and installation services onboard all classes of surface combatant ships, including guided missile ships, aircraft carriers, coast guard vessels, manned and unmanned aircraft and shore stations.

GDIT will upgrade these systems efficiently to enable the Navy to keep its current vessels operational and ensure mission continuity.

The $988 million contract, awarded in December, has a one-year base period, four one-year options and a six-month option.

GDIT supports the development of advanced electronic warfare technologies for airborne platforms, provides training support services for more than 100,000 US and allied sailors around the globe, and delivers advanced artificial intelligence/machine learning solutions to modernize the Navy Enterprise Service Desk program.