General Dynamics C4 Systems announced it has received the Defense Security Service’s distinguished James S. Cogswell Industrial Security Achievement Award. The American Society of Industrial Security International presented the award recently to the Company’s Controls and Structures facility in Richardson, Tex.

Controls and Structures is a business area recently acquired by General Dynamics C4 Systems through its acquisition of TriPoint Global Communications. The Controls and Structures business provides precision antennas, positioning systems and control systems for satellite communications, radio telescope, optical telescope, radar, and other specialized applications.

The U.S. Government relies on cleared facilities to administer sound security programs while properly protecting classified assets in their possession. The Cogswell Award, established in 1966 in honor of the late U.S. Air Force Colonel James S. Cogswell, is based on outstanding overall security programs in which the contractor routinely resolves problems independently and is extremely responsive to the National Industrial Security Program among other criteria. Less than one tenth of one percent of the Industrial Security Program’s cleared industries is selected annually to receive this award

Ralph White, a Vice President of General Dynamics C4 Systems and General Manager of the Controls and Structures facility, said “A compromise of classified information, particularly if it relates to a system’s susceptibility to counterattack, can have disastrous consequences, including loss of life and reduced war fighter capability. This is truly a great honor for Controls and Structures to be among one of only eight cleared facilities selected from a pool of more than 12,000 contractors.”

General Dynamics C4 Systems SATCOM Technologies offers a family of satellite and wireless communications products and services under its VertexRSI, Prodelin and Gabriel brands. Visit our web site at http://www.tripointglobal.com

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